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]

Publications/Works edit

Editorial roles:

  • Bahman, 1996
  • Rah -e no, 1998
  • Sobh-e-Emrooz, 1999
  • Alavitabar, Alireza. Eghtesade Siasi va Khatte Mashigozarie Omoumi. ISBN 978-9-641-85508-8. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  • Alireza, Alavitabar; Mehdi, Rasouli Ghahroudi; Sahel, Zaboli (2019). "The impact of negative political advertising and election participation". Imam Sadiq University. 15 (2): 443–464. ISSN 2008-0743. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  • Alireza, Alavitabar; Zahir, Alimoradi; Ali, Jahangiri (2020). "Identification of provinces of Islamic Republic of Iran's local self-government preventing factors". Journal of Economics and Regional Development. 26 (18): 137–172. doi:10.22067/erd.v26i18.74209. Retrieved 2022-10-18.

Further reading edit

References edit

  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.

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