Kazem Jalali

Kazem Jalali (Persian: کاظم جلالی; born 25 July 1967)^[4] is an Iranian conservative politician and former member of the Majlis from Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr district. In June 2009, he was the spokesman for the foreign relations committee of the Majlis.^[5][6]

Kazem Jalali
Ambassador of Iran to Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 November 2019
President	Hassan Rouhani Ebrahim Raisi Masoud Pezeshkian
Preceded by	Mehdi Sanaei
Vice President of Inter-Parliamentary Union[1]
In office 1 April 2017 – 10 November 2019 Serving with Ethuro, Aal, Kosachev, Ferrer Gómez and Liddell-Grainger
President	Saber Hossain Chowdhury
President of the Majlis Research Center
In office 2 June 2012 – 10 November 2019
Preceded by	Ahmad Tavakoli
Succeeded by	Alireza Zakani
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 2016 – 10 November 2019[2]
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	1,292,686 (39.81%)[3]
In office 26 May 2000 – 28 May 2016
Preceded by	Ali-Asghar Ahmadi
Constituency	Shahroud
Personal details
Born	(1967-07-25) 25 July 1967 (age 58)[3] Shahrood, Iran[3]
Political party	Moderation and Development Party (1999–2007)
Other political affiliations	Electoral lists Principlists Pervasive Coalition (2008) United Front of Principlists (2008, 2012) List of Hope (2016) Parliamentary groups Principlists (2008–12) Followers of Wilayat (2012–16) Wilayi Independents (2016–19)
Alma mater	Imam Sadiq University
Website	Kazem Jalali official website

Kazem Jalali holds a PhD of political science from Imam Sadiq University, Tehran. Jalali was a senior member of Moderation and Development Party, but he resigned in 2007.^[7] He is president of Followers of Wilayat fraction and is close to Ali Larijani.^[8]