Mohammad-Reza Bahonar (, born 2 February 1952) is an Iranian principlist politician who was member of 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 ...

for 28 years. He is also secretary general of

Islamic Society of Engineers The Islamic Society of Engineers (ISE) (, ) is a principlist political organization of engineers in Iran. Formerly one of the parties aligned with the Combatant Clergy Association, it is close to the Islamic Coalition Party, whose decisions it mo ...

and the Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader. He is currently member of the

Expediency Discernment Council The Expediency Discernment Council of the System ( ''Majma'-e Tašxis-e Maslahat-e Nezâm'') is an administrative assembly of Iran appointed by the Supreme Leader of Iran, Supreme Leader and was created upon the revision to the Constitution of ...

Early years

Bahonar was born on 2 February 1952 in

Kerman Kerman (; ) is a city in the Central District (Kerman County), Central District of Kerman County, Kerman province, Kerman province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. History Kerman was founded as a def ...

. He is the brother of former

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Mohammad-Javad Bahonar who was assassinated in 1981.

Career

Bahonar cofounded the

in 1991. He has been elected as a representative from

and

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for six terms. He has also served three terms on the Expediency Council. He is considered a key member of the conservative alliance, and was considered a possible candidate for the post of the speaker or the leader of the conservative faction in the parliament. He later refused to run for the post of speaker possibly because of a deal made inside the conservative alliance, deciding to run instead for the post of deputy speaker. He became the first deputy speaker on 6 June 2004 with 188 votes out of 259. The other candidate for the post of deputy speaker was Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard, a representative from

Qazvin Qazvin (; ; ) is a city in the Central District (Qazvin County), Central District of Qazvin County, Qazvin province, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is the largest city in the provi ...

who became the second deputy speaker with 173 votes. Following

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, Bahonar was appointed by Chairman

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as the parliament's liaison to the newly elected executive branch in transition mandate. On 25 December 2015, he announced he will retiring from his seat in Iranian Parliament after he declined to run in the 2016 election.

Attacking Iranian University students

In a speech at Shiraz University, Bahonar harshly attacked students of Amirkabir University who criticized

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in December 2006. His lecture generated anger among the students. He also called for punishing the students, while accusing them of being sex and alcohol addicts.باهنر: هر کس خربزه می خورد، پای لرزش هم بنشیند (ROOZ)

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bahonar, Mohammad Reza 1952 births Living people First deputies of Islamic Consultative Assembly Second deputies of Islamic Consultative Assembly Islamic Society of Engineers politicians Members of the Expediency Discernment Council Members of the 9th Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 8th Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 7th Islamic Consultative Assembly Followers of Wilayat fraction members Central Council of the Islamic Republican Party members Secretaries-general of political parties in Iran People from Kerman province Iranian campaign managers