Mohammadreza Jalaeipour

Mohammadreza Jalaeipour
Persian: محمدرضا جلایی‌پور
Born1982 (age 41–42)
NationalityIranian
Alma mater
FatherHamidreza Jalaeipour
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
Institutions
Thesis Clerical Authority in Contemporary Shi‘i Islam: A Study of Marja‘iyya in Qom[1]  (TBA)
Doctoral advisorHoma Katouzian

Mohammadreza Jalaeipour (Persian: محمدرضا جلایی‌پور, born 1982) is an Iranian sociologist and political activist.

Life

He is the son of Hamidreza Jalaeipour. Mohammadreza Jalaeipour has been a PhD student at St Antony's College, University of Oxford.[3]

He was a founder of pro-reformist Third Wave campaign in Iranian presidential election, 2009.[1]

Detentions

Jalaeipour has been detained on a number of occasions by the Iranian authorities. While still a student at Oxford University in June 2009 he was prevented from returning to England after visiting Iran, without his family knowing where he was taken.[4][5] He was arrested again in June 2010 in Tehran and kept in solitary confinement before being transferred to a prison in Mashhad.[6] He was released in August 2010 with bail of three billion rials,[specify] but was never charged.[7] In April 2018 he was arrested in Iran and held without charge for 77 days.[7]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ a b c "Visiting Student Research Collaborators (VSRC)" (PDF), NES Newsletters, 6 (1), Department of Near Eastern Studies - Princeton University: 13, 2013
  2. ^ a b Sharafedin, Bozorgmehr (30 January 2017). "Iranian students feel robbed of their American dreams". Reuters. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  3. ^ Sources:
  4. ^ "Oxford student seized in Iran". Evening Standard. London. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  5. ^ Lenon, India (1 July 2009). "Oxford student arrested in Iran". Cherwell. Oxford. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Mohammad Reza Jalaeipour Transferred to Mashhad Prison after 40 Days" (press release). Mynewsdesk. 26 July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  7. ^ a b c "Oxford PhD Student Denied Legal Counsel 40 Days After Being Arrested in Iran – Center for Human Rights in Iran". www.iranhumanrights.org. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.