Alireza Rajaei Explained

Alireza Rajaei
Office:Member-elect of the Iranian Parliament
Constituency:Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority:771,677 (26.32%)
Term:Votes voided in 2000
Party:Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists of Iran
Birth Date:20 October 1962
Birth Place:Tehran, Iran
Nationality:Iranian

Alireza Rajaei (Persian: علیرضا رجائی) is an Iranian journalist. He is considered one of the members of the Nationalist-Religious alliance of Iran. He was elected as a member of parliament by the people of Tehran[1] in the sixth Iran parliament election in 2000, however, after recounting votes and voiding hundreds of thousands of votes by the Guardian Council, he could not afford to go to Majlis. In the 2003 Iranian local elections, he was placed 21st in the Islamic City Council of Tehran and elected as an alternative member but never took office.

Notes and References

  1. News: Hard-liners win local Iranian elections. 3 March 2003. Southeast Missourian. 31 March 2011.