Seyyed Mahmoud Alizadeh-Tabatabaei (Persian: سید محمود علیزاده طباطبایی) is an Iranian lawyer. According to the New York Times, he is "one of the most influential" and "well connected" lawyers to highest leaders in Iran.[2] He was a member of City Council of Tehran fRom 1999 to 2003.
Mahmoud Alizadeh-Tabatabaei | |
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Member of City Council of Tehran | |
In office 29 April 1999 – 15 January 2003 | |
Majority | 260,462 (18.55%) |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1953 (age 70–71) Natanz, Iran |
Political party | Executives of Construction Party[1] |
Alma mater | |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Iran |
Branch/service | Imperial Iranian Air Force |
Years of service | 1970–1980 |
Rank | Homafar |
He is well known as one of the attorneies for the Hashemi Rafsanjani family.[3] Alizadeh-Tabatabaei has also represented Mir-Hossein Mousavi,[2] Zahra Rahnavard,[2] Amir Hekmati,[3] Saeed Malekpour,[3] Ghoncheh Ghavami[4] and Mohammad Ali Taheri[5] among others.
References
edit- ^ علیزاده طباطبایی عضو حزب کارگزاران سازندگی ایران شد (in Persian), Khabaronline, 12 May 2015, retrieved 7 November 2016
- ^ a b c "Iran Secretly Convicted Former Marine, Lawyer Says", New York Times, 11 April 2014, retrieved 7 November 2016
- ^ a b c "Former Marine in Tehran Jail Retains a Top Iranian Lawyer", New York Times, 19 February 2014, retrieved 7 November 2016
- ^ British-Iranian 'volleyball prisoner' hasn't been told about her one-year jail term, The Telegraph, 3 November 2014, retrieved 7 November 2016
- ^ Death sentence for Iranian spiritual leader an "outrage": UN, Qantara, 6 August 2015, retrieved 7 November 2016