Alireza Rahimi ( fa, علیرضا رحیمی) is an Iranian reformist politician who is currently a member of the Parliament of Iran representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district.

Career

Rahimi fought in the

Iran–Iraq War The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Council ...

and was wounded in Operation Dawn when he was only 14. Then he was held prisoner by

Iraqi Army The Iraqi Ground Forces (Arabic: القوات البرية العراقية), or the Iraqi Army (Arabic: الجيش العراقي), is the ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces. It was known as the Royal Iraqi Army up until the coup ...

for more than a year. He is a member of the BARAN Foundation. In the

2008 Iranian legislative election Legislative elections for Majlis of Iran were held on 14 March 2008, with a second round held on 25 April 2008. Conservatives loyal to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were considered the victors of the election, at least in part because "all the mos ...

, he was included in both reformist lists,

Popular Coalition of Reforms In 2008 Iranian legislative election, they formed "''Popular Coalition of Reforms''", consisting of 14 groups. Mostafa Kavakebian and Fatemeh Karroubi were key figures of the alliance. Other than Democracy Party, Islamic Assembly of Women and som ...

and Reformists Coalition: Friends of Khatami, but lost the election.

Electoral history

References

1968 births Living people People from Shushtar Iranian prisoners of war Shahid Beheshti University alumni Alumni of Robert Gordon University Iranian jurists Members of the 10th Islamic Consultative Assembly Iran–Iraq War prisoners of war Volunteer Basij personnel of the Iran–Iraq War Prisoners of war held by Iraq {{Iran-politician-stub