12 Facts About Hossein Marashi

Hossein Marashi served as the Iranian Vice President for Cultural Heritage and Tourism from 2003 to 2005.

Hossein Marashi strongly backed opposition candidate Mousavi in the 2009 Iranian election.

Hossein Marashi is reportedly a close ally of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, another former president.

Hossein Marashi has been secretary general of the Executives of Construction Party.

Hossein Marashi has been named the head of vice-president Eshaq Jahangiri's campaign.

Hossein Marashi was the head of the province of Kerman for nearly nine years.

Hossein Marashi founded a Kerman-based charity by the name of Mol-Al-Movahedin Charity Institute, which owns Mahan Air, an Iranian private airline.

However, some of Hossein Marashi's opponents believe that he was responsible for the disappearance of invaluable historical pieces, and the destruction of historical buildings.

Hossein Marashi supported the construction of the controversial Sivand Dam in the territory of Pasargadae.

On March 19,2010, it was announced that Hossein Marashi had been jailed in Iran, when a court of appeals upheld his one-year prison term.

Hossein Marashi was released from prison earlier than that, on January 25,2011.

Hossein Marashi is a cousin of former president Rafsanjani's wife, Effat Hossein Marashi.