Ali Latifiyan (born December 6, 1968 –

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) (in

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: علی لطیفیان), is an

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writer,

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er, social- political theorist, historian. Most of his theories and researches are in the field of enlightenment,

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, liberalism and

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Biography

Ali Latifiyan was born on December 15, 1968, in Tehran, Iran. His father, Mohammad Hossein Latifiyan, was an employee of Tehran University. This caused him to attend the meetings of great professors of the University of Tehran as a child. His father's grandfather, Heydar Latifiyan, was one of the commanders during

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( Middle Eastern theatre) in the

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. He received his diploma in the field of natural sciences from Fatemi High School (one of the best high schools in Tehran in the 1980s). However, due to his interest in political science, he continued his higher studies in this field. He was able to receive his master's degree in two subjects:

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and

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. After that, he started teaching history, sociology, etc..in Iranian colleges and schools He has published numerous papers and articles. A collection of those works is brought together in a collection called (Naghashi-Koodaki). Most of his works are short and beautiful stories about the history of Iran. His book, titled "Reviewing the Performance of Intellectuals from 1941 to 1979", investigates such intellectuals as Jalal Al-Ahmad,

Abdolkarim Soroush Abdolkarim Soroush ( ; born Hossein Haj Faraj Dabbagh (born 1945; fa, حسين حاج فرج دباغ), is an Iranian Islamic thinker, reformer, Rumi scholar, public intellectual, and a former professor of phil ...

, Ali Shariati,

Sadeq Hedayat Sadegh Hedayat ( fa, صادق هدایت ; 17 February 1903 – 9 April 1951) was an Iranian writer and translator. Best known for his novel '' The Blind Owl'', he was one of the earliest Iranian writers to adopt literary modernism in their care ...

Mirzadeh Eshghi Sayed Mohammad Reza Kordestani ( fa, سید محمدرضا کردستانی; December 11, 1893July 3, 1924) was an Iranian political writer and poet who used the pen name Mirzadeh Eshghi ( fa, میرزاده عشقی). Biography He was born in Ha ...

Ahmad Shamlou Ahmad Shamlou ( fa, احمد شاملو, ''Ahmad Šāmlū'' , also known under his pen name A. Bamdad ( fa, ا. بامداد)) (December 12, 1925 – July 23, 2000) was an Iranian poet, writer, and journalist. Shamlou was arguably the most infl ...

and... during the time of

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , title = Shahanshah Aryamehr Bozorg Arteshtaran , image = File:Shah_fullsize.jpg , caption = Shah in 1973 , succession = Shah of Iran , reign = 16 September 1941 – 11 February 1979 , coronation = 26 October ...

(especially during Prime Minister Dr. Mohammad Mosaddegh events) pays. This book has been praised and encouraged by Abdolreza Hoshang Mahdavi, Hoshang Moqtader and Abdul Ali Bigdeli (some of the greatest Iranian political scientists). One of the people who influenced him was his teacher during his studies,

Davoud Hermidas-Bavand Davoud Hermidas-Bavand ( fa, داوود هرمیداس باوند; born 1934 in Tehran) is an Iranian former career diplomat and political scientist. He is currently a member of National Front of Iran's leadership council and serves as its spokesp ...

, who is one of the leaders of

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. He married Poopak NikTalab (daughter of

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) in 1999.

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