Ahmad Amirabadi

Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani is an Iranian principlist politician and former military officer of Revolutionary Guards.
Amirabadi was born in Farahan near Tafresh in Markazi Province from Azerbaijani family. He was a member of the 9th, 10th and 11th Islamic Consultative Assembly from the electorate of Qom.

Affiliation

In 2006, he was listed by the Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude.
According to Donya-e-Eqtesad, Amirabadi Farahani is close to Front of Islamic Revolution Stability. He denied membership in the party in an interview with the Iranian Labour News Agency, although Iranian Diplomacy website calls him a "self-proclaimed member".

COVID-19 pandemic

On 24 February 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, Amirabadi Farahani claimed that there had been at least 50 COVID-19 deaths in Qom, while the deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi claimed that there had only been 12 COVID-19 deaths in the whole of Iran and only 61 confirmed cases of COVID-19.