Alaeddin Boroujerdi

Alaeddin Boroujerdi
Head of Islamic Consultative Assembly's Commission on Foreign Policy and National Security
In office
23 August 2005 – 28 June 2018
Preceded byManouchehr Mottaki
Succeeded byHeshmatollah Felahatpishe
Member of the Parliament of Iran
Assumed office
2 May 2000
ConstituencyBoroujerd and Oshtorinan
Majority53,661 (50.71%)[1]
Personal details
Born1950 (age 71–72)
Najaf, Iraq
NationalityIraqi
WebsiteOfficial website

Alaeddin Boroujerdi (Persian: علاءالدین بروجردی) (born 1950) is a member of Iranian parliament and former Chairman for the Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran.[2]

Overview

In October 2011, he was arrested for embezzlement but was released after 24 hours thanks to mediation from Ali Larijani.[3] He denied corruption charges.[4] However, he has been pressured to resign because of the controversy.[5]

In November 2011, he asked that the British Ambassador to Iran, Dominick John Chilcott, be sent back to the United Kingdom.[6]

He is a supporter of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and in 2011 accused Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's chief of staff, of leading a "deviant current" against the regime.[4]

References
  1. Profile
  2. BBC interview
  3. 'MP briefly arrested over bank fraud case', on Radio Zamaneh, 10/29/2011
  4. 'Boroujerdi denies allegations of involvement in fraud', on Radio Zamaneh, 10/30/2011
  5. 'Head of National Security Commission pressed to quit', on Radio Zamaneh, 10/31/2011
  6. 'Iran MPs cry 'Death to Britain' in parliament', in The Daily Telegraph, 23 November 2011


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