Beytollah Abdollahi () is an Iranian

reformist Reformism is a political tendency advocating the reform of an existing system or institution – often a political or religious establishment – as opposed to its abolition and replacement via revolution. Within the socialist movement, ref ...

politician who is the representative of Ahar and Heris in the

Parliament of Iran The Islamic Consultative Assembly (), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the unicameral national legislative body of Iran. The parliament currently consists of 290 representatives, an i ...

since 2024. He was also the representative of Ahar and Heris in the Parliament of Iran from 2017 to 2020. He started his career at the Literacy Movement Organization, and was governor of

East Azerbaijan Province East Azerbaijan province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Tabriz. The province is located in Azerbaijan (Iran), Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, the Azerbaijan, Republic of Azerbaijan, Ardabil pro ...

territories including

Heris County Heris County () is located in East Azerbaijan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to ...

Sarab County Sarab County () is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the nort ...

Shabestar County Shabestar County () is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the no ...

and

Marand County Marand County () is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Marand. History In 2021, Koshksaray Rural District and the city of Koshksaray were separated from the Central District in the formation of Koshksaray Dist ...

2016 election

2016 Iranian legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Iran on 26 February 2016 to elect members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly for all seats in the 10th parliament in the Islamic Republic era and the 34th since the Persian Constitutional Revolution. A seco ...

, Abdollahi defeated rivals in Ahar and Heris district in a two-rounds race. On 19 May 2016, the

Guardian Council The Guardian Council (also called Council of Guardians or Constitutional Council, ) is an appointed and constitutionally mandated 12-member council that wields considerable power and influence in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The constitution ...

declared that the second round elections is voided due to "unlawful interventions" and the representative would be elected in a by-election.

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Living people 1959 births University of Tabriz alumni People from East Azerbaijan province Iranian reformists Iranian elected officials who did not take office {{Iran-politician-stub

2016 election

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