Saeed Hajjarian

Saeed Hajjarian
Hajjarian in 2015
Vice Chairman of City Council of Tehran
In office
29 April 1999 – 13 February 2002
ChairmanAbdullah Nouri
Abbas Duzduzani
Rahmatollah Khosravi
Mohammad Atrianfar
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byEbrahim Asgharzadeh
Member of City Council of Tehran
In office
29 April 1999 – 15 January 2003
Majority386,069 (27.5%)
Advisor to the President of Iran
In office
1997–1999
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Personal details
Born1954 (age 70–71)
Javadiyeh, Tehran, Iran
Political partyIslamic Iran Participation Front
SpouseJila Marsoosi
Military service
AllegianceIran
Branch/serviceGendarmerie (1977–1979)
Committee (1979–1980)
Navy (1980)
Prime Ministry Intelligence Office (1980–1984)
Ministry of Intelligence (1984–1989)
Years of service1977–1989
UnitEngineering (Gendarmerie)
Nazi Abad (Committee)
Intelligence (Navy)
Academic background and work
EducationPolitical Science (PhD)
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
ThesisMessianism in Russian Revolution and Iranian Islamic Revolution (Case Study) (2003)
Doctoral advisorHossein Bashiriyeh
InstitutionsCenter for Strategic Research
Influenced by

Saeed Hajjarian (Persian: سعید حجاریان, born 1954) is an Iranian reformist political strategist, journalist, pro-democracy activist and former intelligence officer. He was a member of Tehran's city council, and advisor to the president Mohammad Khatami. On 12 March 2000, he was shot in the face by an assailant and severely disabled, an act many Iranians believe was in retaliation for his help in uncovering the chain murders of several dissidents in Iran and his significant help to the Iranian reform movement in general, according to the BBC.

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