Zolfaghari entered the 15th term of Iranian parliament from his hometown. He became a member of the Democrat Party of Qavam and joined the party's conservative faction. He helped the faction, which was allied with the royalist and anglophile deputies to reject the credentials of Hassan Arsanjani, and spoke in his opposition. He opined "How on earth did he obtain enough votes to win a parliamentary seat? Before the election, he was neither a deputy, nor a minister, nor a governor, nor even a district administrator. He was a mere journalist. And what is worse, a journalist with dubious political connections".
