Ahmad Amirabadi

Ahmad Amirabadi
Member of the Iranian Parliament
In office
28 May 2012 – 26 May 2024
ConstituencyQom
Majority263,885 (47.52%)
Member of City Council of Qom
In office
29 April 2007 – 28 May 2012
Personal details
Born
Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani

c. 1973 (age 51–52)
Amirabad, Farahan, Iran
Alma materSupreme National Defense University[1]
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionMilitary officer
Military service
AllegianceIran
Branch/service
Years of service
  • 1986–1990 (Basij)
  • 1990–2006 (IRGC)
Battles/wars

Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani (Persian: ‌‌احمد امیرآبادی فراهانی; born 1973) is an Iranian conservative politician and former military officer of Revolutionary Guards.

Amirabadi was born in Farahan near Tafresh in Markazi Province[1] from Azerbaijani family.[2][3] He was a member of the 9th, 10th and 11th Islamic Consultative Assembly from the electorate of Qom.[4][5][6]

Affiliation

In 2006, he was listed by the Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude.[7]

According to Donya-e-Eqtesad, Amirabadi Farahani is close to Front of Islamic Revolution Stability.[8] He denied membership in the party in an interview with the Iranian Labour News Agency,[9] although Iranian Diplomacy website calls him a "self-proclaimed member".[10]

COVID-19 pandemic

Main article: COVID-19 pandemic in Iran

On 24 February 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, Amirabadi Farahani claimed that there had been at least 50 COVID-19 deaths in Qom, while the deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi claimed that there had only been 12 COVID-19 deaths in the whole of Iran and only 61 confirmed cases of COVID-19.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "زندگی‌نامه و سوابق". Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. ^ "چرا لاریجانی در قم دوم شد و چرا مجلس دهم برای او بهتر از نهم است؟". Entekhab. 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. ^ "توهین به ترک‌زبانان نیروگاه قم توسط سایت منتسب به هاشمی رفسنجانی+سند". Ssamen News. 2016. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  4. ^ "احمد امیرآبادی فراهانی". Islamic Consultative Assembly Website. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  5. ^ "جدول مدارک تحصیلی و سوابق اجرایی اعضای ۱۴ کمیسیون‌ مجلس نهم". Farsnews Agency. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  6. ^ "نتایج انتخابات "مجلس" + جدول گرایش‌ها". ISNA. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  7. ^ "ليست كانديداهاي مورد حمايت ائتلاف رايحه خوش خدمت در استانها" (in Persian). Fars News Agency. 8 December 2006. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  8. ^ "رقابت شاگردان آیت‌الله مصباح با جامعه مدرسین در قم". Donya-e-Eqtesad. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  9. ^ "عضوجبهه پایداری نیستم". ILNA. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Reformists Betrayed By Fair-Weather Allies?". Iranian Diplomacy. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Legislator from Iran's Qom alleges virus coverup". Al Jazeera English. 2020-02-24. Archived from the original on 2020-02-24. Retrieved 2020-02-24.