Mohammad Atrianfar ( fa, محمد عطریانفر; born 1953 in

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

) is an Iranian journalist and reformist 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 The Executives of Construction of Iran Party ( fa, حزب کارگزاران سازندگی ایران, Hezb-e Kārgozārān-e Sāzandegi-ye Irān) is a reformist political party in Iran, founded by 16 members of the cabinet of the then President ...

. Atrianfar has a degree in petroleum processing engineering from Sharif University of Technology, and is a senior political advisor to Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. From 1999 to 2003, Atrianfar was an elected member of the City Council of Tehran, and was the Vice Minister of Interior in Politics under Minister Abdollah Noori. 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''. He was replaced in 2003 by Alireza Sheikh-Attar, who was appointed by

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( fa, محمود احمدی‌نژاد, Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād ), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian ( fa, محمود صباغیان, Mahmoud Sabbāghyān, 28 October 1956),

, the then, new mayor of Tehran. 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 Presidential elections were held in Iran on 12 June 2009, with incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad running against three challengers. The next morning the Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran's news agency, announced that with two-thirds of the votes c ...

. 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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