Alireza Marandi (Persian: علیرضا مرندی; born 1939) is an Iranian politician, physician, and professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology at the Shahid Beheshti University.

He was also an associate professor at Wright State University before returning to Iran during the Iranian Revolution.

Marandi is a former two-term Minister of Health (and Medical Education) during the premiership of Mir Hossein Mousavi as well as the second-term presidency of Mr. H. Rafsanjani.

In each of the 29 provinces, one University of Medical Sciences was established, thus making the country self-sufficient in health and human resources.

Around 1,700 candidates were barred from running by the Guardian Council vetting body, the Supervisory and Executive Election Boards.