Mohammad-Reza Bahonar

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox officeholder Mohammad-Reza Bahonar (Template:Langx, born 2 February 1952) is an Iranian principlist politician who was member of the Parliament of Iran for 28 years. He is also secretary general of Islamic Society of Engineers and the Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.

Early years

Bahonar was born on 2 February 1952 in Kerman. He is the brother of former Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar who was assassinated in 1981.<ref name=usip/>

Career

Bahonar cofounded the Islamic Society of Engineers in 1991.<ref name=usip/> He has been elected as a representative from Kerman and Tehran for six terms.<ref name=usip>Template:Cite web</ref> He has also served three terms on the Expediency Council.<ref name=usip/> He is considered a key member of the conservative alliance, and was considered a possible candidate for the post of the speaker or the leader of the conservative faction in the parliament. He later refused to run for the post of speaker possibly because of a deal made inside the conservative alliance, deciding to run instead for the post of deputy speaker. He became the first deputy speaker on 6 June 2004 with 188 votes out of 259. The other candidate for the post of deputy speaker was Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard, a representative from Qazvin who became the second deputy speaker with 173 votes.Template:Citation needed

Following Hassan Rouhani's election as President, Bahonar was appointed by Chairman Ali Larijani as the parliament's liaison to the newly elected executive branch in transition mandate.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On 25 December 2015, he announced he will retiring from his seat in Iranian Parliament after he declined to run in the 2016 election.

Attacking Iranian University students

In a speech at Shiraz University, Bahonar harshly attacked students of Amirkabir University who criticized Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in December 2006. His lecture generated anger among the students. He also called for punishing the students, while accusing them of being sex and alcohol addicts.<ref>باهنر: هر کس خربزه می خورد، پای لرزش هم بنشیند (ROOZ) Template:Webarchive</ref>

Electoral history

Year	Election	Votes	%	Rank	Notes
1984Template:Efn	Parliament	21,990	53.8	1st	Won<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
1988Template:Efn	Parliament Round 1	No Data Available			Went to Round 2
	Parliament Round 2	314,935	35.9		Won<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
1992Template:Efn	Parliament Round 1	No Data Available			Went to Round 2
	Parliament Round 2	Template:Increase 506,998	Template:Increase 49.4		Won<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
1996Template:Efn	Parliament Round 1	No Data Available			Went to Round 2
	Parliament Round 2	Template:Increase 569,639	Template:Decrease 38.8		Won<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
2000Template:Efn	Parliament	Template:Decrease 451,343	Template:Decrease 15.39	41st	Lost<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
2004Template:Efn	Parliament	109,038	52.32	1st	Won<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
2008Template:Efn	Parliament	Template:Increase 549,280	Template:Increase 31.55	6th	Won<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
2012Template:Efn	Parliament Round 1	Template:Decrease 336,391	Template:Decrease 15.86	20th	Went to Round 2<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
	Parliament Round 2	Template:Increase 368,096	Template:Increase 32.67	7th	Won<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>