Alaeddin Boroujerdi

Alaeddin Boroujerdi (Persian: علاءالدین بروجردی) (born 21 March 1951 , Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq^[2][3]) is a member of the Iranian Parliament since 2024. He was also a member of the Iranian Parliament between years of 2000 to 2020. He is former chairman for the Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran.^[4]

Alaeddin Boroujerdi
علاءالدین بروجردی
Head of Islamic Consultative Assembly's Commission on Foreign Policy and National Security
In office 23 August 2005[citation needed] – 28 June 2018
Preceded by	Manouchehr Mottaki
Succeeded by	Heshmatollah Felahatpishe
Member of the Parliament of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 May 2024
Constituency	Larestan and Khonj
In office 2 May 2000 – 26 May 2020
Constituency	Boroujerd and Oshtorinan
Majority	53,661 (50.71%)[1]
Personal details
Born	(1951-03-21) March 21, 1951 (age 74) Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq
Website	Official website

Overview

In October 2011, he was arrested for embezzlement but was released after 24 hours thanks to mediation from Ali Larijani.^[5] He denied corruption charges.^[6] However, he was pressured to resign because of the controversy.^[7]

In November 2011, he asked that the British Ambassador to Iran, Dominick John Chilcott, be sent back to the United Kingdom.^[8]

He is a supporter of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, and in 2011, he accused Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's chief of staff, of leading a "deviant current" against the regime.^[6]

In 2018, Alaeddin Boroujerdi had selected one of the experienced managers of Iran's petrochemical industry, Hesam Khoshbinfar, as the head of his headquarters office.^[9]