{{for, places in Iran, Abdolreza, Iran (disambiguation){{!Abdolreza, Iran Abdolreza (also transliterated as Abdulredha, Abdulreza, or Abd ol Reza, ar, عبد الرضا) is a masculine

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

given name composed of '' Abdol'' and '' Reza'', meaning ''servant of the contented''. It is especially popular in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. It is commonly associated with Twelver Shi'ites, who especially revere their 8th Imam,

Ali al-Ridha Ali ibn Musa al-Rida ( ar, عَلِيّ ٱبْن مُوسَىٰ ٱلرِّضَا, Alī ibn Mūsā al-Riḍā, 1 January 766 – 6 June 818), also known as Abū al-Ḥasan al-Thānī, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the e ...

. The name is forbidden for Sunnis, who may not use any names implying servitude to anything besides God. It may refer to:

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Abdolreza Ansari Abdolreza Ansari (1925–2020) was an Iranian engineer, bureaucrat and politician who held various government posts. He served as minister of labor (1959–1960) and minister of interior (1966–1969). Early life and education Ansari was born i ...

(1925–2020), Iranian politician *

Abdolreza Barzegari Abdolreza Barzegari ( fa, عبدالرضا برزگری; born 3 July 1958 in Abadan, Iran) is a former Iranian football player. Playing career Barzagari known as "The Persian Black Pearl", he started playing football at a young age in his neigh ...

(born 1958), Iranian footballer *Abdulredha Buhmaid (1982-2011), Bahraini victim of

Death of Abdulredha Buhmaid Abdulredha Mohamed Hasan Buhmaid (or ''Buhamaid'', ar, عبدالرضا محمد حسن بوحميد) was a 28-year-old Bahraini protester shot by a live bullet in the head on 18 February 2011. He died in hospital three days later, the seventh d ...

Abdolreza Ghanbari Abdolreza Ghanbari (born ) is an Iranian university lecturer convicted of Moharebeh (waging war against God) currently awaiting execution in Iran. Ghanbari is lecturer at Payam e Nour University, and married father of two. In 2007, he was detained ...

(born ca. 1968), imprisoned Iranian university lecturer *

Abdolreza Jamilian Abdolreza Jamilian ( fa, عبدالرضا جمیلیان; born 1965) is an Iranian orthodontist and a USPTO patent holder for devices including a method and system for treatment of maxillary deficiency using miniscrews, a tongue plat, and an R-appl ...

(born 1965), Iranian orthodontist *

Abdolreza Jokar Abdolreza Jokar is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F53 javelin events. Abdolreza has competed at five Paralympic Games. The first in 2000 where he won the F53 discus and the bronze medal in the F53 javeli ...

, Iranian Paralympic athlete *

Abdolreza Kahani Abdolreza Kahani ( fa, عبدالرضا کاهانی; born 22 December 1973) is an Iranian filmmaker. He made his first short film, The Smile in 1988. He made his first feature film, Dance with the Moon in 2003. In 2009, Kahani's film ''Twenty'' ...

(born 1973), Iranian filmmaker *

Abdolreza Mesri Abdolreza Mesri (born 1956 in Kermanshah) is an Iranian politician. He was elected for the second time as one of Kermanshah's representatives in the ninth Islamic Consultative Assembly on 2 March 2012. Before being elected as an MP, he was servin ...

(born 1956), Iranian politician * Abdul Reza Pahlavi (1924–2004), Iranian prince, son of Rezā Shāh *

Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli ( fa, عبدالرضا رحمانی فضلی; born 1959) is an Iranian Iranian Principlists, conservative politician and Ministry of Interior (Iran), interior minister of Hassan Rouhani's Government of Hassan Rouhani (201 ...

(born 1959), Iranian politician *

Abdolreza Rajabi Abdolreza Rajabi (1962 – 30 October 2008) was a Kurdish Iranian, born in Mahidasht District, west of the Kermanshah Province. He died under suspicious circumstances in Reja'i Shahr Prison where he was being held as a political prisoner. His was ...

(1962–2008), Kurdish Iranian political activist who died in custody

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