Alaeddin Boroujerdi

Alaeddin Boroujerdi is the Chairman for the Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran.[1]

Overview

In October 2011, he was arrested for embezzlement but was released after 24 hours thanks to mediation from Ali Larijani.[2] He denied corruption charges.[3] However, he has been pressured to resign because of the controversy.[4]

In November 2011, he asked that the British Ambassador to Iran, Dominick John Chilcott, be sent back to the United Kingdom.[5]

He is a supporter of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and has accused Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s chief of staff, of leading a 'deviant current' against the regime.[3]

References

  1. ↑ BBC interview
  2. ↑ 'MP briefly arrested over bank fraud case', on Radio Zamaneh, 10/29/2011
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 'Boroujerdi denies allegations of involvement in fraud', on Radio Zamaneh, 10/30/2011
  4. ↑ 'Head of National Security Commission pressed to quit', on Radio Zamaneh, 10/31/2011
  5. ↑ 'Iran MPs cry 'Death to Britain' in parliament', in The Daily Telegraph, 23 November 2011