Mehdi Mirza Mehdi Tehrani (

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: مهدی تهرانی) (born March 13, 1970 in

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) is an Iranian

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, and a former

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and

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in the Iran-Iraq War. As an academic journalist and film critic, he usually wrote for two Iranian newspapers: ''

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'' and ''

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''. In addition to 3 decades of

and historiography in the of film and cinema, he is currently a

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at the

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Fine Arts Campus. From September 23, 2020, to November 20, 2021, he was a member of the age rating council of the film of the Iran cinema organization. Mehdi Mirza Mehdi Tehrani is the commander of the 1st Battalion of the Diver Ranger Unit and is one of the 17 surviving veterans of this 500-member unit in

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in the Iran-Iraq War.

Academic background

Mirza Mehdi Tehrani learned the basics of intervening in translation and historiography with Reza Seyed Hosseini. Also notable are

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, Akbar Alemi, Arthur Knight, and Christian Ross. He holds a PhD in Film and Visual Media Studies (''thesis title: The Impact of Local Journalism on British Cinema in the Last Two Years of World War II Supervisor: Christine Ross, Arthur Asa Berger'') from

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Faculty of Arts.

Military background in the Iran-Iraq war

Mehdi Tehrani, commander of the 1st Division of the Diver

Unit and one of the few survivors of this unit in Operation Karbala 4, the youngest and last commander of the Kamil Battalion of the 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division in the Iran-Iraq War, 55% chemical veteran and senior researcher and author Oral history is war.Hashmi, Sohail H.; Lee, Steven P. (2014). ''Ethics and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Religious and Secular Perspectives''. Cambridge University Press.

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978-0521545266.

References

1970 births Iranian male writers University of Tehran alumni Iranian military personnel of the Iran–Iraq War Iranian film critics People from Tehran Iranian journalists McGill University alumni University of Tehran faculty Living people {{asia-translator-stub