Mojtaba Zonnour

Mojtaba Zonnour
Mojtaba Zonnour
Member of Iranian Parliament
	Incumbent
	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 57–58); Malayer, Imperial State of Iran
Nationality	Iranian
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, represents Qom in the Iranian Parliament.[1] He declared that he was SARS-CoV-2-positive on 27 February 2020.[2]

Political roles

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]

Electoral history

Year	Election	Votes	%	Rank	Notes
2012	Parliament	134,945	32.52	4th	Lost[6]
2016	Parliament	168,397	35.48	3rd	Won[7]

Personal life

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]

References

"Majlis to Probe Data Leak by IAEA". Financial Tribune. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
Nur Duz, Zehra (27 February 2020). "High-ranking Iranian official catches coronavirus". Anadolu Agency. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
"Official Underlines IRGC's Support, Obedience to Supreme Leader". Fars News Agency. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
"Iran MP claims China in talks to build it small nuclear reactors". Times of Israel. 16 April 2018. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Zonnour is the chairman of the Iranian parliament’s Nuclear Committee.
Zulnoori became chairman of the parliament's National Security Commission tasnimnews.com Retrieved 23 June 2020
"Election results declared: 64 percent turnout in Qom" (in Persian). Mehr News Agency. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
"The Notice of the Results of Islamic Consultative Assembly Election in Qom Electoral District" (PDF) (in Persian). Qom Governance. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

Official Biography (in Persian)

Assembly seats
Preceded by Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani Araghi	President of Clergy fraction 2016–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh	President of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission 2019–present	Incumbent

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[1] "Majlis to Probe Data Leak by IAEA". Financial Tribune. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[AA_Zonnour_SARSCOV2_positive-2] Nur Duz, Zehra (27 February 2020). "High-ranking Iranian official catches coronavirus". Anadolu Agency. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

[3] "Official Underlines IRGC's Support, Obedience to Supreme Leader". Fars News Agency. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

[4] "Iran MP claims China in talks to build it small nuclear reactors". Times of Israel. 16 April 2018. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Zonnour is the chairman of the Iranian parliament’s Nuclear Committee.

[5] Zulnoori became chairman of the parliament's National Security Commission tasnimnews.com Retrieved 23 June 2020

[6] "Election results declared: 64 percent turnout in Qom" (in Persian). Mehr News Agency. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2016.

[7] "The Notice of the Results of Islamic Consultative Assembly Election in Qom Electoral District" (PDF) (in Persian). Qom Governance. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.