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Ahmad Amirabadi

Ahmad Amirabadi

Iranian politician


Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani (Persian: ‌‌احمد امیرآبادی فراهانی; born 1973) is an Iranian conservative politician and former military officer of Revolutionary Guards.

Quick Facts Member of the Iranian Parliament, Constituency ...

Amirabadi was born in Farahan near Tafresh in Markazi Province[1] from Azerbaijani family.[2][3] He is a member of the 9th and 10th Islamic Consultative Assembly from the electorate of Qom.[4][5][6]

Affiliation

In 2006, he was listed by the Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude.[7]

According to Donya-e-Eqtesad, Amirabadi Farahani is close to Front of Islamic Revolution Stability.[8] He denied membership in the party in an interview with the Iranian Labour News Agency,[9] although Iranian Diplomacy website calls him a "self-proclaimed member".[10]

COVID-19 pandemic

On 24 February 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, Amirabadi Farahani claimed that there had been at least 50 COVID-19 deaths in Qom, while the deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi claimed that there had only been 12 COVID-19 deaths in the whole of Iran and only 61 confirmed cases of COVID-19.[11]


References

  1. "زندگی‌نامه و سوابق". Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. "احمد امیرآبادی فراهانی". Islamic Consultative Assembly Website. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. "عضوجبهه پایداری نیستم". ILNA. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  4. "Reformists Betrayed By Fair-Weather Allies?". Iranian Diplomacy. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  5. "Legislator from Iran's Qom alleges virus coverup". Al Jazeera English. 2020-02-24. Archived from the original on 2020-02-24. Retrieved 2020-02-24.

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