Fatemeh Rahbar ( fa, فاطمه رهبر, Fâtemeh Rahbar; – 7 March 2020) was an Iranian conservative politician who served three terms as a member of the

Iranian Parliament The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The P ...

representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, and Eslamshahr. Rahbar was elected to serve in the Parliament for a fourth time, but died before the start of her term.

Life

Rahbar earned a master's degree in visual communication, and a Ph.D. degree in strategic management. She worked as a production manager for the Internet Network and Secretary of the Supreme Council on Internet Policy. Rahbar was a conservative politician and a member of the Islamic Coalition Party. She served three terms between 2004 and 2016 as a member of the

, representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, and Eslamshahr. As a member of parliament, Rahbar served as vice president of the

Iranian National Commission for UNESCO The Iranian National Commission for UNESCO was established in 1948 subsequent to Iran’s accession to UNESCO, by the order of the National Consultative Assembly, the then Parliament of Iran. To depict its objectives, terms of reference and main o ...

, chair of the Women's Fraction, and chair of the Media and Art Committee. Rahbar served as deputy head of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation. She was elected to serve in the Parliament for the fourth time, but died before the start of her fourth term. Rahbar went into a

coma A coma is a deep state of prolonged unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound, lacks a normal wake-sleep cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. Coma patients exhi ...

on 5 March 2020, after contracting COVID-19 during the

COVID-19 pandemic in Iran Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly ...

. She died on 7 March 2020 due to complications caused by the disease.Newly-Elected Female Politician Dies of Coronavirus in Iran
/ref>

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rahbar, Fatemeh 1960s births 2020 deaths Members of the 7th Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 8th Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 9th Islamic Consultative Assembly Deputies of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran politicians Islamic Coalition Party politicians Zeynab Society politicians Members of the Women's fraction of Islamic Consultative Assembly Politicians from Tehran Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces politicians 21st-century Iranian women politicians 21st-century Iranian politicians Iranian elected officials who did not take office Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran Elected officials who died without taking their seats