Mahmoud Alizadeh-Tabatabaei

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
Alizadeh-Tabatabaei, 28 July 2015
Member of City Council of Tehran
In office
29 April 1999 – 15 January 2003
Majority260,462 (18.55%)
Personal details
Bornc. 1953 (age 70–71)
Natanz, Iran
Political partyExecutives of Construction Party[1]
Alma mater
Military service
AllegianceIran
Branch/serviceImperial Iranian Air Force
Years of service1970–1980
RankHomafar

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

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  1. ^ علیزاده طباطبایی عضو حزب کارگزاران سازندگی ایران شد (in Persian), Khabaronline, 12 May 2015, retrieved 7 November 2016
  2. ^ a b c "Iran Secretly Convicted Former Marine, Lawyer Says", New York Times, 11 April 2014, retrieved 7 November 2016
  3. ^ a b c "Former Marine in Tehran Jail Retains a Top Iranian Lawyer", New York Times, 19 February 2014, retrieved 7 November 2016
  4. ^ British-Iranian 'volleyball prisoner' hasn't been told about her one-year jail term, The Telegraph, 3 November 2014, retrieved 7 November 2016
  5. ^ Death sentence for Iranian spiritual leader an "outrage": UN, Qantara, 6 August 2015, retrieved 7 November 2016