Nezhat Nafisi (, 1920 – 2 January 2003) was an Iranian politician. In 1963 she was one of the first group of women elected to the National Consultative Assembly.
Biography Born in 1920, Nafisi grew up wanting to be a medical doctor, but was not allowed to complete her education.Reading Mom and Dad in Tehran The New York Times, 2 January 2009 After her first husband died, she married Ahmad Nafisi, who served as mayor of Tehran from 1961 to 1963. Their daughter Azar became a writer.A Study Guide for Azar Nafisi's "Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books" Gale, 2016
Women were granted the right to vote in 1963, and in the parliamentary elections that year, Nafisi was one of six women elected to the National Consultative Assembly.Lois Beck & Guity Nashat (2004) Women in Iran from 1800 to the Islamic Republic, p.141
She died on 2 January 2003.Azar Nafisi (2003) Things I've Been Silent About: Memories
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