Mojtaba Zonnour

Mojtaba Zonnour (Persian: مجتبی ذوالنور‎; also spelled Zolnour) is an Iranian Shi'a cleric and conservative politician who, as of 28 July 2016, represents Qom in the Iranian Parliament.[1] He declared that he was SARS-CoV-2-positive on 27 February 2020.[2]

Mojtaba Zonnour
Member of Iranian Parliament
Assumed office
28 May 2016
ConstituencyQom
Majority168,397 (35.48%)
Personal details
Born
Mojtaba Zonnouri

c. 1963 (age 57–58)
Malayer, Imperial State of Iran
NationalityIranian
Political partyFront of Islamic Revolution Stability
Alma materQom Seminary
University of Tehran
Imam Hossein University
Revolutionary Guards University of Command and Staff
Supreme National Defense University
Military service
AllegianceIran
Branch/serviceRevolutionary Guards
Years of service1980–2012
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War

Political roles

Zonnour was formerly Supreme Leader's Deputy Representative to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.[3]

Zonnour was the chairman of the Nuclear Subcommittee of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in the Islamic Consultative Assembly until 2019.[4] He is currently the head of Commission of National-Security and Foreign-Policy (of Islamic Parliament of I.R.Iran).[5]

Electoral history
YearElectionVotes%RankNotes
2012Parliament134,94532.524th Lost[6]
2016Parliament 168,397 35.483rd Won[7]

Personal life

On 27 February 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic became known to have spread to Iran, Zonnour stated that he had been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019. He called for Iranians to remain calm.[2]

References
  1. "Majlis to Probe Data Leak by IAEA". Financial Tribune. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. Nur Duz, Zehra (27 February 2020). "High-ranking Iranian official catches coronavirus". Anadolu Agency. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  3. "Official Underlines IRGC's Support, Obedience to Supreme Leader". Fars News Agency. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  4. "Iran MP claims China in talks to build it small nuclear reactors". Times of Israel. 16 April 2018. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Zonnour is the chairman of the Iranian parliament’s Nuclear Committee.
  5. Zulnoori became chairman of the parliament's National Security Commission tasnimnews.com Retrieved 23 June 2020
  6. "Election results declared: 64 percent turnout in Qom" (in Persian). Mehr News Agency. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  7. "The Notice of the Results of Islamic Consultative Assembly Election in Qom Electoral District" (PDF) (in Persian). Qom Governance. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
Assembly seats
Preceded by
Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani Araghi		 President of Clergy fraction
2016–present		 Incumbent
Preceded by
Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh		 President of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission
2019–present


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