Davoud Ahmadinejad

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Davoud Ahmadinejad in the 2013 presidential election

Davoud Ahmadinejad (13 March 1950 – 4 October 2017)[1] was an Iranian politician and older brother of former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad[2] and Parvin Ahmadinejad.[3] He was born in Aradan, Iran.

After the election of his brother as president in 2005, he was appointed as the head of the Presidential Inspection Commission.[4]

In 2013, Ahmadinejad ran for President of Iran in the presidential election in 2013, but withdrew before the election was held.[5]

On 4 October 2017, Ahmadinejad died in Tehran of a heart attack at the age of 67.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "داوود احمدی‌نژاد درگذشت". BBC Persian (in Persian). 2017-10-04. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  2. "Ahmadinejad's 'Family Justice'". Radio Free Europe. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  3. "Ahmadinejad & Family Take on 'New' Foreign Policy". FRONTLINE - Tehran Bureau. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  4. Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (2013-05-11). "Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to stand in Iran presidential election". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  5. "خبرآنلاین – اعلام نامزدی داوود احمدی‌نژاد و جواد اطاعت در آخرین روز ثبت نام از نامزدهای انتخابات ریاست جمهوری/برادر رئیس جمهور: به پشتوانه ملت سیلی محکمی به آمریکا خواهیم زد". Khabaronline.ir. Retrieved 23 May 2013.