Sadegh Zibakalam | |
|---|---|
صادق زیباکلام | |
 Zibakalam at Zanjan University, 2013 | |
| Born | Sadegh Zibakalam Mofrad 12 June 1948 |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Citizenship | Iran |
| Education | Ph.D |
| Alma mater | Huddersfield Polytechnic University of Bradford |
| Title | Dr. |
| Relatives | Saeid Zibakalam (brother) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemical engineering Political Science historian |
| Institutions | University of Tehran Islamic Azad University |
| Thesis | The Historical Genesis of the Islamic Revolution (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Thomas Gerard Gallagher |
| Notable students | Saeed Hajjarian[1] Fatemeh Hashemi Rafsanjani[1] |
Sadegh Zibakalam Mofrad (Persian: صادق زیباکلام, lit. 'honest eloquent-speaker';[2] born 12 June 1948) is an Iranian academic, author and pundit[3] described as reformist[4] and neo-liberal.[5] Zibakalam is a former professor at University of Tehran[6][7] and appears frequently on international news outlets[8] including the BBC News and Al Jazeera. His books "How Did We Become What We Are? " and "An Introduction to Islamic Revolution" are among bestsellers and prominent books on Iranian contemporary politics.[1]
Zibakalam has become a familiar face in Iran for his passionate and daring debates with hardliners in which he publicly challenges the state line on many sensitive topics.[2][9]
- ^ a b c مردی که زیاد می داند (in Persian), tourjan.com, retrieved 24 April 2015
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
The Guardianwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Hanif Zarrabi-Kashani (19 December 2014). "Iranian Press Week in Review". The Brookings Institution. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ Mehrun Etebari (10 May 2013). "Iran Press Report: Waiting for Rafsanjani". The Brookings Institution. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ Stephanie Cronin (2013). Reformers and Revolutionaries in Modern Iran: New Perspectives on the Iranian Left. Routledge/BIPS Persian Studies Series. Routledge. p. 43. ISBN 978-1134328901.
- ^ "Iran's regional aspirations face realities at non-aligned nations summit | The Times of Israel".
- ^ "Sadegh Zibakalam: I Wish Someone Would Dare Tell the Leader He Cannot Run the Country so Stubbornly".
- ^ "This House believes that Iran poses the greatest threat to security in the region | Series 2 | The Doha Debates".
- ^ "Tehran University political scientist Sadegh Zibakalam dares to publicly oppose his regime's foreign policy". Tablet. Retrieved 15 July 2023.