Aziz Akbarian | |
Office: | Head of Parliament of Iran's Commission on Industries and Mines |
Term Start: | 19 June 2016 |
Term End: | 26 May 2020 |
Predecessor: | Reza Rahmani |
Order2: | Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly[1] |
Majority2: | 179,589 (9th) |
Term Start2: | 3 May 2008 |
Term End2: | 26 May 2020 |
Predecessor2: | Rashid Jalali |
Constituency2: | Karaj, Fardis, Eshtehard and Asara |
Birthname: | Aziz Akbarian Persian: عزیز اکبریان |
Birth Date: | 1957 3, df=y |
Birth Place: | Hashtrud, East Azerbaijan, Iran |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Military |
Nationality: | Iranian |
Party: | Principlists |
Allegiance: | Iran |
Branch: | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
Serviceyears: | 1979–2006 |
Rank: | Sardar of Sepah |
Unit: | Military intelligence |
Battles: | Iran–Iraq War |
Aziz Akbarian (fa|عزیز اکبریان; born 1957) is an Iranian politician.
Akbarian was born in Hashtrud near Tabriz in East Azerbaijan.[2] He was a member of the 8th, 9th, and 10th Islamic Consultative Assembly from the electorate of Karaj, Fardis, Eshtehard, and Asara.[3] Akbarian won with 148,218 votes.[4]
Akbarian favours executions and flogging. On 22 December 2018, he said in an interview with the local Alborz Radio, "If two people are thoroughly flogged and if two people are executed ... it will be a lesson for everyone else."[5]