Alaeddin Boroujerdi Explained

Alaeddin Boroujerdi
Office:Head of Islamic Consultative Assembly's Commission on Foreign Policy and National Security
Term Start:23 August 2005
Term End:28 June 2018
Predecessor:Manouchehr Mottaki
Successor:Heshmatollah Felahatpishe
Office1:Member of the Parliament of Iran
Term Start1:27 May 2024
Term Start2:2 May 2000
Term End2:26 May 2020
Constituency2:Boroujerd and Oshtorinan
Majority2:53,661 (50.71%)[1]
Birth Date:21 March 1951
Birth Place:Lar, Iran
Website:Official website

Alaeddin Boroujerdi (Persian: علاءالدین بروجردی) (born 21 March 1951) is a member of the Iranian Parliament since 2024. He was also a member of the Iranian Parliament between years of 2000 to 2020. He is former Chairman for the Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran.[2]

Overview

In October 2011, he was arrested for embezzlement but was released after 24 hours thanks to mediation from Ali Larijani.[3] He denied corruption charges.[4] However, he was pressured to resign because of the controversy.[5]

In November 2011, he asked that the British Ambassador to Iran, Dominick John Chilcott, be sent back to the United Kingdom.[6]

He is a supporter of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, and in 2011, he accused Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's chief of staff, of leading a "deviant current" against the regime.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/parliament_member/show/701784 Profile
  2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/newshour/news/story/2006/04/060426_iran.shtml BBC interview
  3. 'MP briefly arrested over bank fraud case', on Radio Zamaneh, 10/29/2011 http://www.radiozamaneh.com/english/content/mp-briefly-arrested-over-bank-fraud-case
  4. 'Boroujerdi denies allegations of involvement in fraud', on Radio Zamaneh, 10/30/2011 http://www.radiozamaneh.com/english/content/boroujerdi-denies-allegations-involvement-fraud
  5. 'Head of National Security Commission pressed to quit', on Radio Zamaneh, 10/31/2011 http://www.radiozamaneh.com/english/content/head-national-security-commission-pressed-quit
  6. 'Iran MPs cry 'Death to Britain' in parliament, in The Daily Telegraph, 23 November 2011 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/8908860/Iran-MPs-cry-Death-to-Britain-in-parliament.html