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Alireza Zakani

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Alireza Zakani
علیرضا زاکانی
Zakani in 2021
Aide to the President of Iran in Affairs of Management of Social Damages in Tehran City
Assumed office
16 August 2023
PresidentEbrahim Raisi
Mohammad Mokhber (acting)
Masoud Pezeshkian
47th Mayor of Tehran
Assumed office
2 September 2021
Preceded byPirouz Hanachi
President of the Majlis Research Center
In office
22 July 2020 – 14 August 2021
Preceded byKazem Jalali
Succeeded byBabak Negahdari
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
27 May 2020 – 14 August 2021
ConstituencyQom
Majority190,422 (59.00%)
In office
28 May 2004 – 28 May 2016
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority327,818 (29.10%)
Personal details
Born (1966-03-03) 3 March 1966 (age 58)
Shahr-e Rey, Iran
Political partySociety of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution[1]
Other political
affiliations
United Front of Principlists
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
SpouseMasoumeh Pakatchi
Children3
Parent(s)Hossein Zakani (father)
Fatemeh Karandabi (mother)
Alma materTehran University of Medical Sciences
Signature
WebsiteZakani's official website
Military service
AllegianceRevolutionary Guards
Branch/serviceBasij
Years of service1979–2004
Unit27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division[1]
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War (WIA)

Alireza Zakani (Persian: علیرضا زاکانی, born 3 March 1966) is an Iranian conservative[1] politician, current mayor of Tehran since 2021 and Aide to the President of Iran in Affairs of Management of Social Damages in Tehran City since 2023.

He was a member of the Parliament of Iran from 2004 to 2016 and also from 2020 to 2021. He owns Jahan News website and Panjereh Weekly.[2]

He announced runs for presidency in 2013 and 2017 but was disqualified by Guardian Council both times. He was a candidate for the 2021 presidential election, but withdrew in favour of Ebrahim Raisi. Zakani was also a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, before also withdrawing, calling on Saeed Jalili and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf to come to a unity agreement on a single conservative candidate.

Life

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Alireza Zakani was born on 3 March 1966 in the Khorasan Square neighborhood of Tehran and spent his childhood and adolescence in the same area.[3][4] Zakani's grandfather (on his mother's side) is a resident of Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province. His maternal grandfather was from Kashan and his paternal ancestors also lived in the northern villages of Tehran. His father was Hossein Zakani, one of the heroes of Tehran and the Shahr-e Rey region, who was responsible for holding Gholamreza Takhti's anniversary for 28 years.[5]

Islamic Consultative Assembly

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Zakani has been elected as the representative of the people of Qom city in the eleventh period of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Parliament) since 2020, and he has the record as the head of the special committee in order to investigate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.[6]

Margins

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Exactly three days after Zakani was appointed mayor of Tehran, Mohammad Saleh Meftah by creating a campaign under the title "Request for annulment of the decree of the mayor of Tehran" sued him and asked the interior minister to overturn this illegal ruling.[7][8]

Alireza Zakani and Mohammad Saleh Meftah

References

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  1. ^ a b c Donovan, Marie; Melvin, Ryan; Pendleton, Caitlin (2 July 2017), "Iranian President and Parliament at Odds Over Nuke Deal", Newsweek, American Enterprise Institute, retrieved 2 July 2017
  2. ^ "The Quintessential Conservative", Iranian Diplomacy, 11 January 2014, retrieved 2 July 2017
  3. ^ "بیوگرافی 7 نامزد تایید صلاحیت شده انتخابات ریاست جمهوری | خبرگزاری فارس". farsnews.ir. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ^ "نگاهی به زندگینامه و فعالیت‌های زاکانی". ایسنا (in Persian). 29 May 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  5. ^ The complete biography and records of Dr. Alireza Zakani were published jahannews.com Retrieved 15 July 2021
  6. ^ Biography of Ali Reza Zakani Retrieved 9 April 2022
  7. ^ فردا, رادیو (26 September 2021). "شکایت از وزیر کشور به دلیل انتصاب "غیرقانونی" شهردار تهران". رادیو فردا (in Persian). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  8. ^ "وزیر کشور ایران احتمال برکناری شهردار تهران را رد کرد". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
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Party political offices
New title
Party established
General Secretary of Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
2008–2016
Succeeded by
Vacant Campaign manager of Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf
2005
Succeeded by
Civic offices
Preceded by Mayor of Tehran
2021–present
Incumbent