Mahmoud Sadeghi

Mahmoud Sadeqi
محمود صادقی
Sadeghi in 2015
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 2016 – 26 May 2020
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	1,164,368 (35.85%)
Personal details
Born	Mahmoud Sadeqi (1962-03-22) 22 March 1962 (age 62) Aligudarz, Iran
Political party	Islamic Association of University Instructors[1]
Alma mater	University of Tehran Tarbiat Modares University Qom Seminary
Occupation	Lawyer, Academic
Profession	Jurist[1]
Website	mahmoudsadeghi.com
Military service
Allegiance	Iran
Branch/service	Basij
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War (WIA)[1]

Mahmoud Sadeghi (Persian: محمود صادقی) is an Iranian lawyer, jurist, academic and reformist politician who was a member of the Parliament of Iran representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district from May 2016 to May 2020.

Early life

Sadeqi was born in Aligoudarz in 1962 to a clerical family.[2] His father, Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi, was one of the many clerics opposed to the Pahlavi dynasty, and was a student of Ayatollah Khomeini. After the revolution, Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi was killed in the Hafte Tir bombing.

Education

Sadeqi received his bachelor's degree in law from the University of Tehran in 1990. He received his Masters in private law from Tarbiat Modares University in 1993, and received his Doctorate in private law from the same university in 2000.

Career

Sadeqi is an associate professor at the Tarbiat Modares University and his field of expertise is Private law.[1]

Electoral history

Year	Election	Votes	%	Rank	Notes
2016	Parliament	1,164,368	35.85	17th	Won[3]
2020	Parliament	—			Disqualified
2021	President	—			Disqualified

Personal life

On 25 February 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic became known to have spread to Iran, Sadeqi stated that he had been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019.[4]

References

1. "اين 30 نفر". Shargh (in Persian). No. 2523. 17 February 2016. p. 1. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
2. "دكتر محمود صادقي | انجمن علمی حقوق مالکیت فکری ایران‎". Archived from the original on 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
3. "ريز آمار نتايج 1021 کانديداي نمايندگي مجلس در تهران + فيلم مرور روز انتخابات", Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian), 27 February 2016, retrieved 27 February 2016
4. "Coronavirus Updates: Disruptions, Rising Cases, Market Tremors and Warnings". MSN. Archived from the original on 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2020-02-25.

Party political offices
Preceded by Mohsen Rohami	General Secretary of the Islamic Association of University Instructors 10 September 2016 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Gholamhossein Karbaschi as Executives of Construction Party representative	Rotating President of the Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front 20 January 2017 – 7 June 2017	Succeeded by Jaleh Faramarzian as Women's Journalist Association representative