Mohammad Hazratpour (
Persian
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: محمد حضرت پور, born 1982 in
Urmia
Urmia or Orumiyeh ( fa, ارومیه, Variously transliterated as ''Oroumieh'', ''Oroumiyeh'', ''Orūmīyeh'' and ''Urūmiyeh''.) is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran and the capital of Urmia County. It is situated at an alt ...
,
West Azerbaijan Province,
Iran
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) is an Iranian politician and the forty-first mayor of Urmia. He was elected by the
city council
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of Urmia in June 2012.
He graduated with an Associate Degree in Electronics, then received a Master's Degree in Political Science.
Hazratpour had external relations with the mayors of
Erzurum
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The city uses the double-headed eagle as ...
,
Turkey
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and consul general of Turkey in Urmia. He also expanded
Shahrdari Urmia F.C. and
Shahrdari Urmia VC
Shahrdari Urmia Volleyball Club ( fa, باشگاه والیبال شهرداری ارومیه, ''Bashgah-e Valibal-e Shiherdari Arumih'') is an Iranian professional volleyball team based in Urmia, Iran. They compete in the Iranian Volleyball Super ...
. His nephew,
Rohollah Hazratpour, is the member of parliament from Urmia.
Hazratpour was arrested in January 2019, and officially resigned from the position of mayor on January 31 of that year. Subsequently, the city council elected his deputy mayor,
Gholamreza Adaldoost, to the position of mayor. He was released on bail, but was arrested again for falsification of bail in April 2021.
In May 2021, the Kurdistan Human Rights Association reported that Hazratpour, along with six other prisoners in the Central Prison in Urmia, went on a hunger strike to protest conditions in the prison.
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Living people
People from Urmia
1982 births
Mayors of places in Iran