Ahmad Amirabadi | |
Order: | Member of the Iranian Parliament |
Majority: | 263,885 (47.52%) |
Alongside: | Alireza Zakani and Mojtaba Zonnour |
Term Start: | 28 May 2012 |
Term End: | 26 May 2024 |
Constituency: | Qom |
Order2: | Member of City Council of Qom |
Term Start2: | 29 April 2007 |
Term End2: | 28 May 2012 |
Birth Name: | Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani |
Birth Place: | Amirabad, Farahan, Iran |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Military officer |
Alma Mater: | Supreme National Defense University |
Nationality: | Iranian |
Allegiance: | Iran |
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Battles: | Iran–Iraq War |
Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani (Persian: احمد امیرآبادی فراهانی; born 1973) is an Iranian conservative politician and former military officer of Revolutionary Guards.
Amirabadi was born in Farahan near Tafresh in Markazi Province[1] from Azerbaijani family.[2] [3] He was a member of the 9th, 10th and 11th Islamic Consultative Assembly from the electorate of Qom.[4] [5] [6]
In 2006, he was listed by the Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude.[7]
According to Donya-e-Eqtesad, Amirabadi Farahani is close to Front of Islamic Revolution Stability.[8] He denied membership in the party in an interview with the Iranian Labour News Agency,[9] although Iranian Diplomacy website calls him a "self-proclaimed member".[10]
See main article: COVID-19 pandemic in Iran. On 24 February 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, Amirabadi Farahani claimed that there had been at least 50 COVID-19 deaths in Qom, while the deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi claimed that there had only been 12 COVID-19 deaths in the whole of Iran and only 61 confirmed cases of COVID-19.[11]