Alireza Alavitabar (Persian: علیرضا علوی‌تبار; born 1960) is an Iranian political scientist and a leading reformist intellectual and writer.^[1]

He holds a doctorate in political sciences and is a member of the Institute for Planning and Development's faculty.

Alavitabar is a member of Islamic Iran Participation Front and was the editor of the now closed Sobh-e-Emrooz newspaper.^[2]

In the 1990s, Alireza Alavitabar rose to prominence as a result of his journalistic work and reflections on the politics of the Second Khordad Reform Movement during Khatami's presidency.^[1][3]

Alireza Alavitabar was among the many journalists banned for publishing against Iran's regime in 2002.^[4]

Editorial roles:

• Bahman, 1996
• Rah -e no, 1998
• Sobh-e-Emrooz, 1999
• Alavitabar, Alireza. Eghtesade Siasi va Khatte Mashigozarie Omoumi. ISBN 978-9-641-85508-8. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
• Alireza, Alavitabar; Mehdi, Rasouli Ghahroudi; Sahel, Zaboli (2019). "The impact of negative political advertising and election participation". Imam Sadiq University. 15 (2): 443–464. ISSN 2008-0743. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
• Alireza, Alavitabar; Zahir, Alimoradi; Ali, Jahangiri (2020). "Identification of provinces of Islamic Republic of Iran's local self-government preventing factors". Journal of Economics and Regional Development. 26 (18): 137–172. doi:10.22067/erd.v26i18.74209. Retrieved 2022-10-18.

• Jahangiri, S; Moeeni Alamdari, J (2020). "A Review of Alireza Alavitabar Viewpoint on Development". Journal of Political Strategy. 3 (11): 119-147. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
• Mirsepassi, Ali (2010). "Alireza Alavitabar and Political Change". In Mirsepassi, A (ed.). Democracy in Modern Iran: Islam, Cultural, and Political Change. NYU Press. pp. 125–148. ISBN 978-0-814-79564-4.

• Reporters Without Borders Annual Report 2004 - Iran
• Alireza Alavitabar's list of publications
• Journalists Jailed by the Iranian Regime: Alireza Alavitabar. RSF