Ali Nobakht Haghighi (; born in 1948 in

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) is a renowned Iranian physician. He is the president of and a permanent member and former secretary of

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. He is a professor of medicine and nephrology and a founding member of reestablishing of the Iranian Society of Nephrology in 1992. He worked as deputy minister of medical students affairs and treatment affairs of the Department of Health during the tenure of Dr. Iradj Fazel and Dr. Reza Malekzadeh. He was elected as a council member and

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of the Medical Council of Iran (19911996). After the 2009 Iranian presidential election, Nobakht resigned from governmental positions. As a reformist member of parliament, he urged the Iranian president to include women in the cabinet as ministers and avoid ignoring half of the population. Nobakht criticized the government for censorship of the internet and filtering social media applications including Telegram. He did not pursue a second term candidacy for Iran parliament citing ineffectiveness of parliament to fulfill Iranian people expectations.

Education

Nobakht graduated from Isfahan Medical University in 1978;

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of internal medicine at Firoozgar General Hospital, 1982; Nephrology

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at Iranian Council for Graduate Medical Education, 1989.

Scholarship

Nobakht is the author of several

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s published in peer-reviewed journals.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nobakht, Ali Iranian nephrologists Academic staff of Shahid Beheshti University Iranian educators 1948 births Living people People from Rasht Moderation and Development Party politicians Members of the 10th Islamic Consultative Assembly Deputies of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr