Rafat Bayat () is an Iranian politician and former parliament member. She was denied candidacy for both the 9th Iranian presidential election and the 10th Iranian presidential election by the

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. Bayat studied

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and belongs to the conservative party. If allowed to run, she would have been the first woman to contest the presidency since the 1979 Islamic revolution.

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Living people Members of the Women's fraction of Islamic Consultative Assembly People from Zanjan, Iran Deputies of Zanjan and Tarom Members of the 7th Islamic Consultative Assembly 1958 births 21st-century Iranian women politicians {{Iran-MP-stub