Alaeddin Boroujerdi

Alaeddin Boroujerdi
Alaeddin Boroujerdi
Head of Islamic Consultative Assembly's Commission on Foreign Policy and National Security
	In office; 23 August 2005[citation needed] – 28 June 2018
Preceded by	Manouchehr Mottaki
Succeeded by	Heshmatollah Felahatpishe
Member of the Parliament of Iran
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 May 2000
Constituency	Boroujerd and Oshtorinan
Majority	53,661 (50.71%)
Personal details
Born	1950 (age 70–71); Najaf, Iraq[citation needed]
Nationality	Iraqi
Website	Official website

Alaeddin Boroujerdi (Persian: علاءالدین بروجردی‎) (born 1950) is a member of Iranian parliament and 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 has been 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 accused Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's chief of staff, of leading a "deviant current" against the regime.^[4]

References[]

^ Profile
^ BBC interview
^ 'MP briefly arrested over bank fraud case', on Radio Zamaneh, 10/29/2011 [1]
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 'Boroujerdi denies allegations of involvement in fraud', on Radio Zamaneh, 10/30/2011 [2]
^ 'Head of National Security Commission pressed to quit', on Radio Zamaneh, 10/31/2011 [3]
^ 'Iran MPs cry 'Death to Britain' in parliament', in The Daily Telegraph, 23 November 2011 [4]

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[1] Profile

[2] BBC interview

[3] 'MP briefly arrested over bank fraud case', on Radio Zamaneh, 10/29/2011 [1]

[denies-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b 'Boroujerdi denies allegations of involvement in fraud', on Radio Zamaneh, 10/30/2011 [2]

[5] 'Head of National Security Commission pressed to quit', on Radio Zamaneh, 10/31/2011 [3]

[6] 'Iran MPs cry 'Death to Britain' in parliament', in The Daily Telegraph, 23 November 2011 [4]

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Alaeddin Boroujerdi


Head of Islamic Consultative Assembly's Commission on Foreign Policy and National Security
In office 23 August 2005^{[citation needed]} – 28 June 2018
Preceded by	Manouchehr Mottaki
Succeeded by	Heshmatollah Felahatpishe
Member of the Parliament of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 May 2000
Constituency	Boroujerd and Oshtorinan
Majority	53,661 (50.71%)^[1]

Personal details
Born	1950 (age 70–71) Najaf, Iraq^{[citation needed]}
Nationality	Iraqi
Website	Official website