Mohammad Reza Aref

Mohammad Reza Aref interests me as a rare case of the scholar-statesman done right. An engineer and academic from Yazd, Tehran-educated, he has served as Iran's first vice president across very different eras, under Khatami and now Pezeshkian. That kind of longevity within the reformist camp, without abandoning its principles, signals real conviction rather than mere survival. I tend to respect politicians who argue from reason rather than volume, and his technocratic background suggests that temperament. Whatever one's view of Iranian politics, carrying responsibility at the heart of the state for decades while keeping intellectual credibility intact is no small achievement.

Name (English)

Mohammad Reza Aref

Name (Japanese)

モハンマドレザー・アーレフ

Reading

もはんまどれざー・あーれふ

Born

December 19, 1951 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rabbit

Origin

Yazd, Yazd Province, Iran

Occupation

politician / engineer / university teacher

University

University of Tehran

• Official sitehttp://draref.ir/
• Xhttps://x.com/ir_aref
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad%20Reza%20Aref
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9E%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2655534

Tags

• Yazd Province
• politician
• engineer
• university teacher

Last updated

2026-06-17

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