Abolfazl Soroush ( fa, ابوالفضل سروش) is an Iranian physician and
reformist
Reformism is a political doctrine advocating the reform of an existing system or institution instead of its abolition and replacement.
Within the socialist movement, reformism is the view that gradual changes through existing institutions can ...
politician who is currently a member of the
Parliament of Iran
The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The P ...
representing
Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district.
Career
Soroush was formerly an activist and a leading member at the
Islamic Association of Students Anjoman-e Eslami (Islamic Association, also Anjoman-e Eslami-ye Daneshjouyan Islamic Association of Students) is an Islamic student association in Iran that has backed Iranian reformers such as former President Mohammad Khatami and sponsored lectur ...
. He has chaired
Iranian Students' News Agency
The Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) is a news agency run by Iranian university students.
Position
It covers a variety of national and international topics.Engber, Daniel. What's With the Iranian Students News Agency?, ''Slate'', 2 Februa ...
's office at the
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) ( fa, دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران, ''Danushgah-e 'lum Pezeshki-ye Tehran'') is the largest and most highly ranked medical university of Iran. In September 2008, Iran's Mini ...
.
Electoral history
References
Living people
Iranian activists
Iranian journalists
Members of the 10th Islamic Consultative Assembly
Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society politicians
People from Tehran
Volunteer Basij personnel of the Iran–Iraq War
Year of birth missing (living people)
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