Elias Hazrati

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Elias Hazrati
Member of the Parliament
In office 7 May 1988 – 5 May 2004
Preceded by	Mehdi Jafarzadeh
Succeeded by	Hassan Tamini
Constituency	Rasht
Personal details
Born	(1961-03-13) 13 March 1961 Rasht, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	National Trust Party (2005–present)
Other political affiliations	Hambastegi Party (1985–2005)
Spouse(s)	Zahra Ebadi (1981–1990) Mahshid Hazrati (1995–present)
Children	3
Website	Official facebook page
Military service
Allegiance	IRIA AGIR
Years of service	1979–1984
Commands	Ma'ot Troops Commander of AGIR in Gilan
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War

Elias Hazrati (b. 13 March 1961, Rasht) is an Iranian politician, journalist and former martial of Armed Forces of Iran. After retiring from the military, he served as a member of the Parliament of Iran from 1989 until 2004. He is currently editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Etemaad.^[1]

Early life

Elias Hazrati was born on 13 March 1961 in Rasht, Gilan Province. After victory of 1979 revolution, he joined to army forces and established Sepah Pasdaran in his hometown, Gilan. He was assassinated by People's Mujahedeen of Iran in October 1983 and he was injured from hand. His father, unlike his age was joined to AGIR in Iran-Iraq war with his son.

Political career

Member of the parliament

He left the army in 1984 and was elected as a member of the parliament from Rasht in 1988 election. He was also reelected in 1992, 1996 and 2000 but was not seek for reelection in 2004 election.

National Trust Party

He was one of the founders of the Hambastegi Party, but left in 2005 to help Mehdi Karroubi found National Trust Party. He was later elected as the party's deputy leader, a post he resigned in 2010.^[2]

Journalist career

He is founder and editor-in-chief of Etemaad newspaper, the main reformist's daily newspaper.

References

↑ Etemad website (Persian)
↑ Elias Hazrati resigned from NTP leadership (Persian)

Media offices
Preceded by None	Editor of Etemad 2001–present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by None	Deputy Leader of National Trust Party 2005–2010	Succeeded by

Persondata
Name	Hazrati, Elias
Alternative names
Short description	Iranian journalist, politician
Date of birth	13 March 1961
Place of birth	Rasht, Gilan Province, Iran
Date of death
Place of death

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