Reza Taghipour

Reza Taghipour Anvari (born 1957 in Maragheh)^[2] is an Iranian conservative politician who was the Minister of Communications from 2009 to 2012. He was elected as a member of Tehran City Council in 2013 local elections.

Reza Taghipour
Member of the Parliament of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 May 2020
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis
Majority	728,238 (39.54%)
Member of City Council of Tehran
In office 3 September 2013 – 22 August 2017
Majority	186,020 (8.91%)
Minister of Information and Communications Technology
In office 3 September 2009 – 2 December 2012
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Mohammad Soleimani
Succeeded by	Mohammad-Hassan Nami
Personal details
Born	1957 Maragheh, Iran
Alma mater	University of Bordeaux
Military service
Branch/service	Revolutionary Guards[1]
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War

Censorship

Taghipour was sanctioned by the European Union on 23 March 2012 for excessive censorship activity.^[2]

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