Alaeddin Boroujerdi () (born 21 March 1951) is a member of the Iranian Parliament since 2024. He was also a member of the Iranian Parliament between years of 2000 to 2020. He is former

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for the

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for

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and

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of the

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Overview

In October 2011, he was arrested for

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but was released after 24 hours thanks to mediation from

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. He denied

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charges.'Boroujerdi denies allegations of involvement in fraud', on ''Radio Zamaneh'', 10/30/201

/ref> However, he was pressured to resign because of the controversy. In November 2011, he asked that the List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Iran, British Ambassador to Iran, Dominick John Chilcott, be sent back to the

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. He is a supporter of the Supreme Leader

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, and in 2011, he accused Esfandiar Rahim Mashai,

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's chief of staff, of leading a "deviant current" against the regime. In 2018, Alaeddin Boroujerdi had selected one of the experienced managers of Iran's petrochemical industry, Hesam Khoshbinfar, as the head of his headquarters office.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boroujerdi, Alaeddin Living people Members of the 6th Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 7th Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 8th Islamic Consultative Assembly Followers of Wilayat fraction members Ambassadors of Iran to China Members of the 9th Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 10th Islamic Consultative Assembly 1951 births People from Fars province