Noureddin Kianouri

Noureddin Kianouri
Kianouri in 1979
Born1915
Baladeh, Mazandaran, Iran
Died5 November 1999(1999-11-05) (aged 84)
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian
Other namesSilvio Macetti N. K.
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
Aachen University
Political partyTudeh Party of Iran
SpouseMaryam Farman Farmaian

Noureddin Kianouri (Persian: نورالدین کیانوری; 1915–1999) was an Iranian construction engineer, Urban planner Professor of Bauakademie der DDR in Berlin[1][2][3][4] and a communist political leader. He studied first at University of Tehran until 1934[5] and later in Germany from 1934 to 1939. Before his return to Iran he practiced architecture as well though he is mostly remembered as a construction engineer in Munich office of Philipp Holzmann.[6][7] About a year after foundation of Tudeh Party he joined the party with the membership number 444 in May 1942. Later he became one of the influential members of the Central Committee for the communist Tudeh Party,[8] Following the 1953 Iranian coup d'état the party was banned and Kianouri was imprisoned. He fled, and lived in Italy and later East Germany; under the pseudonym "Dr. Silvio Macetti" he was an influential architect and theorist of socialist architecture and city planning.[9][10]

After his second return to Iran following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, he continued his political activities and acted as the Tudeh party's general secretary from 1979 to 1984.[11] Again he came under scrutiny, and again the party was banned. Kianouri was arrested and tortured (and so was his wife), and read a forced confession on national TV. He was released and placed under house arrest, and died on 5 November 1999.

  1. ^ Stealing of his professor's certificate of Bauakademie der DDR and all other documents in time of arrest, ... citattion from protest letter to revolution Leader Seyyed 'Ali Chamene'i
  2. ^ Selbstbehauptung von Bruno Flierl, Abteilung : 1952 - In die Gesellschaft eingetreten, Produktive Jahre und Politische Konflikte
  3. ^ Bruno Flierl Kritisch denken für Architektur und Gesellschaft Arbeitsbiografie und Werkdokumentation 1948-2017, C2.1 13 Zusammen mit Silvio Macetti. Bemerkungen zu dem Buch „Stadt und Lebensweise“ von G.A. Gradow (Moskau). Brief nach Moskau,12. September 1968, Macetti (N. K.), Silvio 53, 104, 124, 181
  4. ^ Wohnen. Computer. :4.4.8. Exkurs: Macettis »Großwohneinheiten« (1968) als Blaupause für Kaisers Konzept?, Oliver Sukrow, Doktorand am Institut für Europäische Kunstgeschichte der Universität Heidelberg & Assistant Professor at Vienna Technical University, seite 278
  5. ^ جنبش چپ ایران نیز تا حد زیادی توسط دانشجویان این دانشکده شکل گرفت. نورالدین کیانوری، دبیر اول حزب توده، از نخستین ورودی‌های این دانشکده بود؛ و حسین جودت و رضا رادمنش، از اعضای کادر مرکزی حزب توده، هر دو استاد علوم پایه مهندسی در دانشکدگان فنی دانشگاه تهران بودند. پردیس دانشکده‌های فنی دانشگاه تهران از ویکی‌پدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد
  6. ^ کیانوری، نورالدین (1294 ـ 15 مرداد 1377) - سازمان بهشت زهرا (س)https://beheshtezahra.tehran.ir Archived 2022-05-20 at the Wayback Machine ›
  7. ^ DNB KATALOG DER DEUTSCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK, http://d-nb.info/570443911, Krankenhausbau für Iran, Kia-Nouri, Noureddin (Verfasser), (51 gez. Bl. : mit eingekl. Abb., 2 Taf., 5 Pl. ; 4 [Maschinenschr.]), Aachen, Techn. H., Diss., 1942 (Nicht f. d. Austausch), Deutsch (ger), Erscheinungsdatum: [1942], Signatur: Di 1942 B 1158 Bereitstellung in Leipzig, Inhaltsverzeichnis : https://d-nb.info/570443911/04
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference behrooz was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ New Perspectives on the II CIAM onwards: How Does Housing Build Cities? Prof. Chiara Monterumisi École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne ..., PhD Arch. Alessandro Porotto Delft University of Technology
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference khosravi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Afshar, Haleh (31 March 2008). "Maryam Firouz [obituary]". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 May 2021.