title: Ahmad Amirabadi
text: # Ahmad Amirabadi
  
  Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani (Persian: ‌‌احمد امیرآبادی فراهانی; born 1973) is an Iranian conservative politician and former military officer of Revolutionary Guards.
  
  Amirabadi was born in Farahan near Tafresh in Markazi Province from Azerbaijani family. He is a member of the 9th and 10th 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.
  
  