Mojtaba Zonnour
# Mojtaba Zonnour

Mojtaba Zonnour (Persian: مجتبی ذوالنور; also spelled Zolnour) is an Iranian Shi'a cleric and conservative politician who, as of 28 July 2016, represents Qom in the Iranian Parliament. He declared that he was SARS-CoV-2-positive on 27 February 2020.

## Political roles

Zonnour was formerly Supreme Leader's Deputy Representative to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Zonnour was the chairman of the Nuclear Subcommittee of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in the Islamic Consultative Assembly until 2019. He is currently the head of Commission of National-Security and Foreign-Policy (of Islamic Parliament of I.R.Iran).

## Electoral history

| Year | Election | Votes | % | Rank | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | Parliament | 134,945 | 32.52 | 4th | Lost |
| 2016 | Parliament | 168,397 | 35.48 | 3rd | Won |

## Personal life

On 27 February 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic became known to have spread to Iran, Zonnour stated that he had been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019. He called for Iranians to remain calm.

