Alireza Rajaei () is an Iranian

journalist A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This is called journalism. Roles Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertis ...

. He is considered one of the members of the Nationalist-Religious alliance of Iran. He was elected as a member of parliament by the people of

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in the sixth Iran parliament election in 2000, however, after recounting votes and voiding hundreds of thousands of votes by the

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, he could not afford to go to

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. In the

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, he was placed 21st in the

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and elected as an alternative member but never took office.

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