Alireza Alavitabar

Alireza Alavitabar (Persian: علیرضا علوی‌تبار; born 1960) is an Iranian political scientist and a leading reformist intellectual and writer.[1]

He holds a doctorate in political sciences and is a member of the Institute for Planning and Development's faculty.

Alavitabar is a member of Islamic Iran Participation Front and was the editor of the now closed Sobh-e-Emrooz newspaper.[2]

In the 1990s, Alireza Alavitabar rose to prominence as a result of his journalistic work and reflections on the politics of the Second Khordad Reform Movement during Khatami's presidency.[1][3]

Alireza Alavitabar was among the many journalists banned for publishing against Iran's regime in 2002.[4]

  1. ^ a b Alavitabar, Alireza; Ehsani, Kaveh (1999). ""God Hasn't Died in This Society Yet": A Conversation with Alireza Alavitabar". Middle East Report (212): 28–31. doi:10.2307/3012910. JSTOR 3012910.
  2. ^ "Reformists' Setback". World Press Review.
  3. ^ "Rethinking Iranian regional influence and internal stability". Atlantic Council.org.
  4. ^ "Iran Jails More Journalists and Blocks Web Sites". The New York Times.