Alireza Zakani

Alireza Zakani
Alireza Zakani
	Zakani in 2021
Aide to the president of Iran in affairs of management of social damages in Tehran city
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 August 2023
President	Ebrahim Raisi
47th Mayor of Tehran
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 September 2021
Preceded by	Pirouz Hanachi
President of the Majlis Research Center
	In office; 22 July 2020 – 14 August 2021
Preceded by	Kazem Jalali
Succeeded by	Babak Negahdari
Member of the Parliament of Iran
	In office; 27 May 2020 – 14 August 2021 Serving with Ahmad Amirabadi and Mojtaba Zonnour
Constituency	Qom
Majority	190,422 (59.00%)
	In office; 28 May 2004 – 28 May 2016
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	327,818 (29.10%)
Personal details
Born	3 March 1966 (age 58); Shahr-e Rey, Imperial State of Iran
Political party	Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
Other political; affiliations	United Front of Principlists
Spouse	Masoumeh Pakatchi
Children	3
Parent(s)	Hossein Zakani (father); Fatemeh Karandabi (mother)
Alma mater	Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Website	Zakani's official website
Military service
Allegiance	Revolutionary Guards
Branch/service	Basij
Years of service	1979–2004
Unit	27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War (WIA)

Alireza Zakani (Persian: علیرضا زاکانی, born 3 March 1966 in Shahr-e Rey^[2]^[3]) 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.^[4]

He announced ran 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.

Life[edit]

Alireza Zakani was born in 1966 in the Khorasan Square neighborhood of Tehran and spent his childhood and adolescence in the same area. 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[edit]

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[edit]

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]

References[edit]

^ ^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
^ "بیوگرافی 7 نامزد تایید صلاحیت شده انتخابات ریاست جمهوری | خبرگزاری فارس". farsnews.ir. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
^ "نگاهی به زندگینامه و فعالیت‌های زاکانی". ایسنا (in Persian). 29 May 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
^ "The Quintessential Conservative", Iranian Diplomacy, 11 January 2014, retrieved 2 July 2017
^ The complete biography and records of Dr. Alireza Zakani were published jahannews.com Retrieved 15 July 2021
^ Biography of Ali Reza Zakani Retrieved 9 April 2022
^ فردا, رادیو (26 September 2021). "شکایت از وزیر کشور به دلیل انتصاب "غیرقانونی" شهردار تهران". رادیو فردا (in Persian). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ "وزیر کشور ایران احتمال برکناری شهردار تهران را رد کرد". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). Retrieved 30 June 2022.

External links[edit]

Alireza Zakani on Instagram

Party political offices
New title Party established	General Secretary of Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution 2008–2016	Succeeded by Parviz Sorouri
Vacant	Campaign manager of Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf 2005	Succeeded by Hossein Mozaffar
Civic offices
Preceded by Pirouz Hanachi	Mayor of Tehran 2021–present	Incumbent

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[NW-1] 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] "بیوگرافی 7 نامزد تایید صلاحیت شده انتخابات ریاست جمهوری | خبرگزاری فارس". farsnews.ir. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

[3] "نگاهی به زندگینامه و فعالیت‌های زاکانی". ایسنا (in Persian). 29 May 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

[4] "The Quintessential Conservative", Iranian Diplomacy, 11 January 2014, retrieved 2 July 2017

[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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