Mojtaba Zonnour ( fa, مجتبی ذوالنور; also spelled Zolnour) is an Iranian Shi'a cleric and

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politician who, , represents Qom in the Iranian Parliament. He declared that he was

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-positive on 27 February 2020.

Political roles

Zonnour was formerly Supreme Leader's Deputy Representative to the

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. Zonnour was the chairman of the Nuclear Subcommittee of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in the Islamic Consultative Assembly until 2019. He is currently the head of Commission of National-Security and Foreign-Policy (of Islamic Parliament of I.R.Iran).Zulnoori became chairman of the parliament's National Security Commission
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Electoral history

Personal life

On 27 February 2020, after the

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became known to have spread to Iran, Zonnour stated that he had been infected with

, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019. He called for Iranians to remain calm.

References

Official Biography
Deputies of Qom Front of Islamic Revolution Stability politicians People from Malayer Living people 1963 births Members of the 10th Islamic Consultative Assembly Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces politicians Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel of the Iran–Iraq War Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps clerics {{Iran-politician-stub