Elias Hazrati

Elias Hazrati
Elias Hazrati
Member of the Parliament of Iran
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 28 May 2016
Preceded by	Masoud Mir-Kazemi
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
	In office; 7 May 1988 – 5 May 2004
Constituency	Rasht (1988–2000); Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr (2000–2004)
Personal details
Born	13 March 1961 (age 63); Hashtrud, Iran
Political party	National Trust Party
Other political; affiliations	Hambastegi Party
Website	Official facebook page
Military service
Allegiance	IRIA; AGIR
Years of service	1979–1984
Commands	Ma'ot Troops; Commander of AGIR in Gilan
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War

Elias Hazrati (born 13 March 1961, Hashtrud)^[1] is an Iranian politician, journalist and former martial of Armed Forces of Iran. After retiring from the military, he served as a member of the Parliament of Iran from 1989 until 2004. He is currently editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Etemaad.^[2]

Early life

Elias Hazrati was born on 13 March 1961 in Hashtrud, East Azerbaijan. After the 1979 revolution, he joined army forces and established Sepah Pasdaran in his hometown, Gilan. He was targeted by an assassination attempt People's Mujahedeen of Iran in October 1983 and was injured at the hand. His father, despite his already high age joined the AGIR in the Iran-Iraq war with his son.

Political career

Member of the parliament

He left the army in 1984 and was elected as a member of the parliament from Rasht in 1988 election. He was also reelected in 1992, 1996 and 2000 but was not seek for reelection in 2004 election. after reaching the tenth parliament spoke in Islamic Association of Gilan Azeris.^[3]

National Trust Party

He was one of the founders of the Hambastegi Party, but left in 2005 to help Mehdi Karroubi found National Trust Party. He was later elected as the party's deputy leader, a post he resigned in 2010.^[4]

Journalist career

He is founder and editor-in-chief of Etemaad newspaper, the main reformist's daily newspaper.

References

External links

Media offices
Preceded by None	Editor of Etemad 2001–present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by None	Deputy Leader of National Trust Party 2005–2010	Succeeded by Rasoul Montajabnia

[1] ttp://tadabir.ir/fa/news/327/%D8%A2%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%AD%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C

[2] Etemad website Template:Fa

[3] ما اصلاح طلبان هرگاه با هم بودیم، توانستیم به پیروزی برسیم Template:Fa

[4] Elias Hazrati resigned from NTP leadership Template:Fa

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