Alireza Zakani (Persian: علیرضا زاکانی, born 3 March 1966) is an Iranian conservative[1] politician, current mayor of Tehran since 2021 and Special Representative of the President of Iran in Affairs of Management of Social Damages in Tehran City since 2023.

Alireza Zakani was born on 3 March 1966 in the Khorasan Square neighborhood of Tehran and spent his childhood and adolescence in the same area.

His father was Hossein Zakani, one of the heroes of Tehran and the Shahr-e Rey region, who was responsible for holding Gholamreza Takhti's anniversary for 28 years.

[5] Zakani has been elected as the representative of the people of Qom city in the eleventh period of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Parliament) since 2020, and he has the record as the head of the special committee in order to investigate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

[6] Exactly three days after Zakani was appointed mayor of Tehran, Mohammad Saleh Meftah by creating a campaign under the title "Request for annulment of the decree of the mayor of Tehran" sued him and asked the interior minister to overturn this illegal ruling.