Mojtaba Zonnour | |
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Member of Iranian Parliament | |
Assumed office 28 May 2016 Serving with Alireza Zakani and Ahmad Amirabadi | |
Constituency | Qom |
Majority | 168,397 (35.48%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Mojtaba Zonnouri c. 1963 (age 60–61) Malayer, Imperial State of Iran |
Political party | Front of Islamic Revolution Stability |
Alma mater | Qom Seminary University of Tehran Imam Hossein University Revolutionary Guards University of Command and Staff Supreme National Defense University |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Iran |
Branch/service | Revolutionary Guards |
Years of service | 1980–2012 |
Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Mojtaba Zonnour (Persian: مجتبی ذوالنور; also spelled Zolnour) is an Iranian Shi'a cleric and conservative politician who, as of 28 July 2016[update], represents Qom in the Iranian Parliament.[1] He declared that he was SARS-CoV-2-positive on 27 February 2020.[2]
Zonnour was formerly Supreme Leader's Deputy Representative to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.[3]
Zonnour was the chairman of the Nuclear Subcommittee of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in the Islamic Consultative Assembly until 2019.[4] He is currently the head of Commission of National-Security and Foreign-Policy (of Islamic Parliament of I.R.Iran).[5]
Year | Election | Votes | % | Rank | Notes |
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2012 | Parliament | 134,945 | 32.52 | 4th | Lost[6] |
2016 | Parliament | 168,397 | 35.48 | 3rd | Won[7] |
On 27 February 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic became known to have spread to Iran, Zonnour stated that he had been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019. He called for Iranians to remain calm.[2]