Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh
{{Short description|Iranian politician (1977–2016)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh
|image =
|caption =
|office = Member-elect of the Iranian Parliament
|footnotes = {{Notelist}}
|constituency = Maragheh and Ajabshir
|term = Died before taking office
|majority = 50,980 (54.37%)
|predecessor = Mehdi Davatgari
|successor = Ali Jalili
|birth_name = Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1977|03|21}}
|birth_place = Maragheh, Iran
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|05|07|1977|03|21}}
|death_place = Freeway two 63 km, Iran
|nationality = Iranian
|profession =
|occupation = Professor, politician
|alma_mater = University of Tehran
}}
Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh ({{langx|fa|محمدعلی حسینزاده}}; 21 March 1977 – 7 May 2016) was an Iranian principlist politician who was elected as the representative of Maragheh and Ajabshir electoral district in the 2016 Iranian legislative election.
2016 election
In the first round of the elections, the Principlists Grand Coalition listed no candidate in Maragheh and Ajabshir district{{cite web|url=http://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1394/12/02/1005077/%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A8%D8%B2%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%84%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C|title=Final list of "Principlists Grand Coalition" nationwide|language=Persian|date=25 February 2016|access-date=15 April 2016|publisher=Tasnim News Agency|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412093554/http://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1394/12/02/1005077/%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A8%D8%B2%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%84%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C|archive-date=12 April 2016}} because there were two Principlist candidates contesting against each other, incumbent Mehdi Davatgari (supported by United Front of Principlists in 2012 election){{cite web|url=http://khabaronline.ir/detail/202005/politics/election|title=Absolute Victory of United Front of Principlists in the 9th Parliament|language=Persian|date=4 March 2012|access-date=15 April 2016|publisher=Khabaronline}} and Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh.{{cite web|url=http://www.dana.ir/News/655219.html|title=Why Principlists candidate in Maragheh was not introduced?|language=Persian|date=19 February 2016|access-date=15 April 2016|publisher=Dana.ir}} The List of Hope chose to declare "silence", meaning they were not endorsing any candidate.{{cite web|url=http://gaamedovom.com/?p=1751|title=Final Names of the "Second Step" candidates is declared nationwide|language=Persian|date=25 February 2016|access-date=15 April 2016|publisher=Official Website of the List of Hope|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426200524/http://gaamedovom.com/?p=1751|archive-date=26 April 2016}} People's Voice listed Davatgari,{{cite web|url=http://www.farsnews.ir/13941130000868|title=Final list of "People's Voice" candidates in Tehran and some other Electoral Districts|language=Persian|date=19 February 2016|access-date=15 April 2016|publisher=Fars News Agency}} while Front of Prudence and Development supported Hosseinzadeh.{{cite web |url=http://www.ilna.ir/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-183/350243-%D9%81%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF|title= Final list of Front of Prudence and Development nationwide was declared|date=24 February 2016|website=Iranian Labour News Agency|access-date=12 April 2016|language=Persian}}
| class="wikitable"
!colspan="4"|1st Round{{cite web|url=http://www.irna.ir/fa/News/81982003/|title=Two candidates of Maragheh and Ajabshir district went to round 2|language=Persian|date=27 February 2016|access-date=15 April 2016|publisher=Islamic Republic News Agency}} | |||
| #
!Candidate !Votes !% | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1
|Mehdi Davatgari (incumbent) |29,066 |20.46 | |||
| style="background:#3cb8c2"|2
|style="background:#3cb8c2"|Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh |style="background:#3cb8c2"|26,512 |style="background:#3cb8c2"|18.66 | |||
| 3 | Saeed Mohammadi | 22,047 | 15.52 |
| 4 | Bolud Soleimani | 20,078 | 14.33 |
| 5 | Khosrow Sadr-Haghighi | 12,341 | 8.68 |
| ..
|colspan="3"|Other Candidates | |||
| colspan="2"|Blank or Invalid Votes | 11,765 | 8.28 | |
| colspan="2"|Total Votes||colspan="2"|153,820 |
In the second round, List of Hope supported Davatgari.{{cite web|url=http://gaamedovom.com/?p=2255|title="List of Hope" Finalized For the Second Round|language=Persian|date=13 April 2016|access-date=15 April 2016|publisher=Official Website of the List of Hope|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427055524/http://gaamedovom.com/?p=2255|archive-date=27 April 2016|url-status=dead}}
| class="wikitable"
!colspan="4"|2nd Round{{cite web|url=http://www.farsnews.ir/newstext.php?nn=13950211000072|title=Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh became representative of Maragheh and Ajabshir in 10th Parliament|language=Persian|date=30 April 2016|access-date=15 April 2016|publisher=Fars News Agency}} | ||
| #
!Candidate !Votes !% | ||
|---|---|---|
| style="background:#3cb8c2"|1
|style="background:#3cb8c2"|Mohammad-Ali Hosseinzadeh |style="background:#3cb8c2"|50,980 |style="background:#3cb8c2"|54.37 | ||
| 2
|Mehdi Davatgari (incumbent) |39,568 | 42.20 | |
| colspan="2"|Blank or Invalid Votes | 3,208 | 3.42 |
| colspan="2"|Total Votes||colspan="2"|93,756 |
Controversy
On 27 April 2016, speaking in a meeting with construction workers of Maragheh at the city's Pasdaran square, he called himself soldier of the Supreme Leader and said: "Do not vote for capitalists. I'm not afraid of them. I'll bring them to you the way you can rape them...". "No one has the guts to say these things [that I'm saying, because] he will be given the hell, but I will take the the [sic] officials' pants off. No one can't say a word to me, because they know that anyone who breaks the law, [I] will give him hell...", "Let them kill us, they kill [me] and someone will replace me. Let them eat shit!", he added. The markings was filmed with cellphones and vent viral on social media after he was elected.{{cite web|url=http://khabaronline.ir/detail/533628/Politics/election|title=Offensive words of a members of Parliament who won in 2nd round|language=Persian|date=5 May 2016|access-date=7 May 2016|publisher=Khabaronline}}
Death
At 5:45 am, 7 May 2016, Hosseinzadeh died in a car accident while driving his Peugeot Pars on the Qazvin–Zanjan road en route from his hometown to Tehran. According to Iranian Traffic Police officials, the car overturned because "the driver was sleepy". The other four passengers survived the accident.{{cite web|url=http://www.irna.ir/fa/News/82064044/|title=Principlists lost one of their members of Parliament|language=Persian|date=7 May 2016|access-date=7 May 2016|publisher=Islamic Republic News Agency|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508093133/http://www.irna.ir/fa/News/82064044/|archive-date=8 May 2016}}
References
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