Shapour Marhaba ( fa, شاپور مرحبا; born 1957) is an Iranian politician. Marhaba was elected from the
Astara electoral district to the
4th
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,
5th (By-election) and
7th
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Iranian legislative elections.
Biography
Shapour Marhaba's brother Yosuf Marhaba was assassinated by the
Mujahedin
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on 22 August 1981 while he was
prosecutor
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of
Astara. After this Shapour was also targeted in an assassination plot on 29 August 1981 when he was a key member of
Astara's
IRGC, but he survived. Marhaba was then elected three times to represent the city.
Marhaba was:
* President of the Iran–Georgia Friendship Group,
* President of the Iran–Bulgaria Friendship Group,
* Vice President of the Iran–Azerbaijan Friendship Group, and
* Vice President of the Iran–Romania Friendship Group in 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 ...
.
Shapour Marhaba was banned by the
Council of Guardians from taking part in the
2012
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and
2016 Iranian legislative election
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s.
Electoral history
Books
# Report to the honorable people of
Astara
# Plan of
Astara Free Trade – Industrial Zone
#
Astara port: ''Survey of social, cultural and economic situation''
# 3rd workbook of Shapour Marhaba: ''Report of three years activity at the 7th
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 ...
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# Interior Policy and
Foreign Policy
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of
Azerbaijan Republic during the presidency of
Heydar Aliyev
Notes
References
drmarhaba.ir
External links
Islamic Consultative Assembly Periods Deputies Association
People from Astara, Iran
Deputies of Astara, Iran
1957 births
Members of the 4th Islamic Consultative Assembly
Members of the 5th Islamic Consultative Assembly
Members of the 7th Islamic Consultative Assembly
Living people
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel of the Iran–Iraq War
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