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

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Alaeddin Boroujerdi
Head of Islamic Consultative Assembly's Commission on Foreign Policy and National Security
In office 23 August 2005[citation needed] – 28 June 2018
Preceded by	Manouchehr Mottaki
Succeeded by	Heshmatollah Felahatpishe
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 2 May 2000 – 26 May 2020
Constituency	Boroujerd and Oshtorinan
Majority	53,661 (50.71%)[1]
Personal details
Born	1950 (age 73–74) Najaf, Iraq[citation needed]
Website	Official website

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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 was 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, he accused Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's chief of staff, of leading a "deviant current" against the regime.^[4]