Reza Taghipour Anvari (born 1957, in
Maragheh
Maragheh ( fa, مراغه, Marāgheh or ''Marāgha''; az, ماراغا ) is a city and capital of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Maragheh is on the bank of the river Sufi Chay. The population consists mostly of Iranian Azerba ...
)
is an Iranian
conservative
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politician who was the
Minister of Communications from 2009 to 2012. He was elected as a member of
Tehran City Council
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in
2013 local elections.
Censorship
Taghipour was sanctioned by
the European Union
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on 23 March 2012 for excessive censorship activity.
References
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Living people
University of Bordeaux alumni
Administrators of the Iranian Space Agency
Government ministers of Iran
1957 births
People from Maragheh
Tehran Councillors 2013–2017
Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces politicians
Iranian industrial engineers
Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran politicians
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel of the Iran–Iraq War
Front of Islamic Revolution Stability politicians