Mohammad Atrianfar (; born 1953 in

Isfahan Isfahan or Esfahan ( ) is a city in the Central District (Isfahan County), Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran. It is the capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is located south of Tehran. The city ...

) is an Iranian journalist and

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

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''. He is a member of the

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. Atrianfar has a degree in petroleum processing engineering from

Sharif University of Technology Sharif University of Technology (SUT); (, romanized : Dāneshgāh-e sana'ti-e sharif) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. It is widely considered to be the nation's most prestigious and leading institution for science, technology ...

, and was a senior political advisor to

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Akbar Hashemi Bahramani Rafsanjani (25 August 19348 January 2017) was an Iranian cleric, politician and writer who served as the fourth president of Iran from 1989 to 1997. One of the founding fathers of the Government of Iran, Islamic Republic, ...

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

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

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. He also been vice president of the Defence Industries Organization of Iran. In 1992, Atrianfar was appointed by

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, to be the editor-in-chief of the newspaper ''

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''. He was replaced in 2003 by Alireza Sheikh-Attar, who was appointed by

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, the then, new mayor of

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. 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

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whose wisdom and alert leadership is guaranteed by nightly secrets between him and God.It’s far from over
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