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]

Publications/Works

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

• Jahangiri, S; Moeeni Alamdari, J (2020). "A Review of Alireza Alavitabar Viewpoint on Development". Journal of Political Strategy. 3 (11): 119-147. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
• Mirsepassi, Ali (2010). "Alireza Alavitabar and Political Change". In Mirsepassi, A (ed.). Democracy in Modern Iran: Islam, Cultural, and Political Change. NYU Press. pp. 125–148. ISBN 978-0-814-79564-4.

References

1. 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.

External links

• Reporters Without Borders Annual Report 2004 - Iran
• Alireza Alavitabar's list of publications
• Journalists Jailed by the Iranian Regime: Alireza Alavitabar. RSF