Alaeddin Boroujerdi ( fa, علاءالدین بروجردی) (born 1950) is a member of Iranian parliament and former

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for the

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for

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and

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of the

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Overview

In October 2011, he was arrested for

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but was released after 24 hours thanks to mediation from

Ali Larijani Ali Ardeshir Larijani ( fa, علی لاریجانی, ; born 3 June 1957) is an Iranian conservative politician, philosopher and former military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran ...

. He denied

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charges.'Boroujerdi denies allegations of involvement in fraud', on ''Radio Zamaneh'', 10/30/201

/ref> However, he has been pressured to resign because of the controversy. In November 2011, he asked that the List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Iran, British Ambassador to Iran, Dominick John Chilcott, be sent back to the

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.'Iran MPs cry 'Death to Britain' in parliament', in ''

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'', 23 November 201

/ref> He is a supporter of the Supreme Leader

Ayatollah Khamenei Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o ...

and in 2011 accused

Esfandiar Rahim Mashai Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei ( fa, اسفندیار رحیم‌مشایی; born 16 November 1960) is an Iranian conservative politician and former intelligence officer. As a senior Cabinet member in the administration of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ...

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( fa, محمود احمدی‌نژاد, Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād ), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian ( fa, محمود صباغیان, Mahmoud Sabbāghyān, 28 October 1956),

's chief of staff, of leading a "deviant current" against the regime.

References

Living people Members of the 6th Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 7th Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 8th Islamic Consultative Assembly Followers of Wilayat fraction members Ambassadors of Iran to China Members of the 9th Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 10th Islamic Consultative Assembly 1950 births {{Iran-stub