Alireza Zakani

Alireza Zakani
Alireza Zakani
علیرضا زاکانی
	Zakani in 2021
Special Representative to the President for Affairs of Management of Social Damages in Tehran
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 August 2023
President	Ebrahim Raisi; Mohammad Mokhber (acting); Masoud Pezeshkian
47th Mayor of Tehran
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 September 2021
Preceded by	Pirouz Hanachi
President of the Majlis Research Center
	In office; 22 July 2020 – 14 August 2021
Preceded by	Kazem Jalali
Succeeded by	Babak Negahdari
Member of the Parliament of Iran
	In office; 27 May 2020 – 14 August 2021 Serving with Ahmad Amirabadi and Mojtaba Zonnour
Constituency	Qom
Majority	190,422 (59.00%)
	In office; 28 May 2004 – 28 May 2016
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	327,818 (29.10%)
Personal details
Born	3 March 1966 (age 59); Shahr-e Rey, Iran
Political party	Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
Other political; affiliations	United Front of Principlists
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Spouse	Masoumeh Pakatchi
Children	3
Parent(s)	Hossein Zakani (father); Fatemeh Karandabi (mother)
Alma mater	Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Signature
Website	Zakani's official website
Military service
Allegiance	Revolutionary Guards
Branch/service	Basij
Years of service	1979–2004
Unit	27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War (WIA)

Alireza Zakani (Persian: علیرضا زاکانی, born 3 March 1966) is an Iranian conservative^[1] politician, current mayor of Tehran since 2021 and Special Representative of the President of Iran in Affairs of Management of Social Damages in Tehran City since 2023.

He was a member of the Parliament of Iran from 2004 to 2016 and also from 2020 to 2021. He owns Jahan News website and Panjereh Weekly.^[2]

He announced runs for presidency in 2013 and 2017 but was disqualified by Guardian Council both times. He was a candidate for the 2021 presidential election, but withdrew in favour of Ebrahim Raisi. Zakani was also a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, before also withdrawing, calling on Saeed Jalili and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf to come to a unity agreement on a single conservative candidate.

^ ^a ^b ^c Donovan, Marie; Melvin, Ryan; Pendleton, Caitlin (2 July 2017), "Iranian President and Parliament at Odds Over Nuke Deal", Newsweek, American Enterprise Institute, retrieved 2 July 2017
^ "The Quintessential Conservative", Iranian Diplomacy, 11 January 2014, retrieved 2 July 2017

[NW-1] Donovan, Marie; Melvin, Ryan; Pendleton, Caitlin (2 July 2017), "Iranian President and Parliament at Odds Over Nuke Deal", Newsweek, American Enterprise Institute, retrieved 2 July 2017

[2] "The Quintessential Conservative", Iranian Diplomacy, 11 January 2014, retrieved 2 July 2017

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