Mohammad Atrianfar ( fa, محمد عطریانفر; born 1953 in Isfahan) is an Iranian journalist and

reformist Reformism is a political doctrine advocating the reform of an existing system or institution instead of its abolition and replacement. Within the socialist movement, reformism is the view that gradual changes through existing institutions can ...

politician, currently the head of the "Policymaking Council" of the daily newspaper ''

Shargh ''Shargh'' ( fa, شرق, lit=East) is one of the most popular Reformist newspapers in Iran. History and profile ''Shargh'' was founded in 2003. The daily is managed by Mehdi Rahmanian. Its chief editor was Mohammad Ghouchani in its first period ...

''. He is a member of the Executives of Construction Party. Atrianfar has a degree in petroleum processing engineering from

Sharif University of Technology Sharif University of Technology (SUT; fa, دانشگاه صنعتی شریف) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. It is widely considered as the nation's most prestigious and leading institution for science, technology, engineering ...

, and is a senior political advisor to

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( fa, اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی, Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī, born Akbar Hashemi Bahramani, 25 August 1934 – 8 January 2017) was an Iranian politician, writer, and one of the founding fathers of the Islami ...

. From 1999 to 2003, Atrianfar was an elected member of the

City Council of Tehran The Islamic City Council of Tehran ( fa, شورای اسلامی شهر تهران) is the directly elected council that presides over the city of Tehran, elects the mayor of Tehran in a mayor–council government system, and budgets of the M ...

, and was the Vice Minister of Interior in Politics under Minister

Abdollah Noori Abdollah Noori ( fa, عبدالله نوری ) is an Iranian cleric and reformist politician. Despite his "long history of service to the Islamic Republic," he became the most senior Islamic politician to be sentenced to prison since the Iranian ...

. He also been vice president of the Defence Industries Organization of Iran. In 1992, Atrianfar was appointed by Gholamhossein Karbaschi, to be the editor-in-chief of the newspaper ''

Hamshahri ''Hamshahri'' ( fa, همشهری, "Fellow citizen"; ) is a major national Iranian Persian-language newspaper. History and profile ''Hamshahri'' is published by the municipality of Tehran, and founded by Gholamhossein Karbaschi. It is the first ...

''. He was replaced in 2003 by

Alireza Sheikh-Attar Alireza Sheikhattar (born 9 June 1952 in Tehran) is an Iranian diplomat and previous ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Berlin. Life After receiving a BA in chemistry from the Sharif University of Technology, he earned a Master's in ...

, who was appointed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the then, new mayor of

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

. He was the publisher of another reformist newspaper, ''

'', until 2006. In August 2009, Atrianfar was among those prominent reformists put on trial for being alleged conspirators against the Iranian government following the disputed presidential election of June 12th 2009. The trial was aired on television and Atrianfar (in prison garb), a known protégé of Mr Rafsanjani, was shown on television chiding "the former president for his errors and asked for forgiveness from the supreme leader whose wisdom and alert leadership is guaranteed by nightly secrets between him and God.It’s far from over
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