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Gholamreza Heydari
Gholamreza Heydari
Member of Parliament
	In office; 28 May 2016 – 26 May 2020
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	1,180,095 (36.34%)
	In office; 28 May 1984 – 28 May 1992
Preceded by	Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi Danesh-Ashtiani
Succeeded by	Ali Danseh-Monfared
Constituency	Tafresh and Ashtian
Majority	22,284 (33.5%; 3rd term); 15,827 (51.5%; 2nd term)
Personal details
Born	Gholamreza Heydari; c. 1955 (age 68–69); Chalous, Iran
Political party	Islamic Iran Participation Front
Other political; affiliations	NEDA Party
Alma mater	Amirkabir University of Technology
Profession	Electrical engineer

Gholamreza Heydari (Persian: غلامرضا حيدري) is an Iranian engineer, academic and reformist politician who was a member of the Parliament of Iran representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district. He formerly represented Tafresh County, where he originally comes from.^[2]

His son, Hadi Heydari, is a famous editorial cartoonist in Iran.^[2]

Career

Heydari is a professor and was formerly dean of School of Management and Economy at the Power and Water University of Technology. He was formerly advisor to the Minister of Power and is a fellow at Niroo Research Institute, the ministry's research arm.^[3]

On 17 December 2019, Heydari criticized Iranian authorities for carrying out shootings of protesters during the 2019–20 Iranian protests.^[4] He also criticized Present Hassan Rouhani for his decision to increase gas prices, saying that the move "dealt a heavy blow at the social capital of the Islamic Republic.”