Mehdi Kouchakzadeh

Mehdi Kouchakzadeh (Persian: مهدی کوچک‌زاده) is an Iranian Hydraulic engineer, academic and principlist politician, who was member of Islamic Consultative Assembly from 2004 until 2016.[2]

Mehdi Kouchakzadeh
Member of Parliament
In office
28 May 2004 – 28 May 2016
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority491,972 (24.95%)
Personal details
Born (1959-02-20) February 20, 1959
Tehran, Iran
Political partyStability Front
Other political
affiliations		Pleasant Scent of Servitude
Alliance of Builders
Society of Devotees[1]
RelativesHossein Mozaffar (co-fathers-in-law)
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
UNESCO-IHE
Tarbiat Modares University
ProfessionHydraulic engineer
Military service
Allegiance Iran
Branch/serviceIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Jihad of Construction
Years of service1985–1989
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War

Parliamentary career

Controversy

In an 8th parliament session speech, Ali Motahari claimed that he has Russian roots and his former surname was "Küçükov" (Russian: Кючуков). Koochakzadeh then threw the microphone at Motahari, who reacted by saying, "Shut Up And Sit Down, Moron!"[3]

He engaged in a yelling match with Javad Zarif in a June 2015 session, calling him a "traitor". The scene was recorded by cellphone cameras and went viral on social media.[4]

In an August 2014 interview, he said that the majority of Iranian journalists "write lies in return for money." In 2013, Koochakzadeh called Iranian photographers "pornographers" for taking pictures of parliament members while they were napping during sessions.[4]

Commenting on Marietje Schaake's 2015 visit to Iran, he referred to Schaake as "uncultured" and said her outfit "appropriate for a party and dancing."[4]

Electoral history
YearElectionVotes %RankNotes
2004Parliament491,97224.9526th Won[5]
2008Parliament Round 1Decrease 419,641Decrease 12.9723rd Went to Round 2[6]
Parliament Round 2Decrease 308,930Increase 46.033rd Won[7]
2012Parliament Round 1Increase 376,630Decrease 16.1219th Went to Round 2[8]
Parliament Round 2Decrease 291,600Increase 25.8815th Won[9]
2016ParliamentDecrease 46,521Decrease 1.4364th Lost[10]

References
  1. "Association of the Devotees of the Islamic Revolution" (PDF). Iran Data Portal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  2. Mehdi Kouchakzadeh (in Persian), Islamic Consultative Assembly, archived from the original on October 7, 2015, retrieved September 30, 2015
  3. "Put That Gun In Your Pocket!" The 10 Most Embarrassing Moments in Iran's Parliament, Iran Wire, 19 August 2013, archived from the original on 5 October 2015, retrieved September 30, 2015
  4. Iran MP emerges as Instagram rabble-rouser, Al-Monitor, 10 June 2015, retrieved 30 September 2015
  5. "آراء نهايي انتخابات مجلس هفتم در حوزه تهران اعلام شد از مجموع 3438 صندوق 1971748 برگ راي به دست آمد", Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian), 27 February 2004, retrieved 10 February 2016
  6. "نتيجه قطعي انتخابات تهران اعلام شد", Fars News Agency (in Persian), 17 March 2008, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 10 February 2016
  7. "/تكميلي/ با شمارش كليه‌ي آراي ماخوذه، نتايج نهايي دور دوم انتخابات حوزه‌ي تهران، ري، شميرانات و اسلامشهر اعلام شد", Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian), 26 April 2008, retrieved 10 February 2016
  8. "۵۲۷ کاندیدای تهران در انتخابات ۱۲ اسفند چقدر رای آوردند؟", Khabaronline (in Persian), 18 March 2012, retrieved 10 February 2016
  9. نتایج نهایی و رسمی مرحله دوم انتخابات تهران + گرایش سیاسی. Asr Iran (in Persian). 16 May 2012. 212705. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  10. "ریز آمار نتایج 1021 کاندیدای نمایندگی مجلس در تهران + فیلم مرور روز انتخابات", Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian), 27 February 2016, retrieved 27 February 2016
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