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 Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

politician who was the Minister of Communications from 2009 to 2012. He was elected as a member of

Tehran City Council 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 ...

in 2013 local elections.

Censorship

Taghipour was sanctioned by

the European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

on 23 March 2012 for excessive censorship activity.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taghipour, Reza 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