Amir Tehrani

Amir Tehrani holds a PhD in Sociology from Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran, with a thesis on the role of automobility in shaping techno-politics and social life in pre-revolutionary Iran (1950s–1970s), following a master’s degree at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He has taught urban sociology and social theory at several Iranian universities and has led interdisciplinary workshops on urban studies and ethnography. His research focuses on automobility, postcolonial development, and transnational perspectives on modernity and expertise, with a particular interest in how mobility shapes societies and political orders.

The project

Title: Exploring French Connections in Iranian Automobility: Transnational Networks of Industry, Technology, and Culture (1960s–1970s)

Selected bibliography

• Haji Reza Tehrani, A., Rezaei, M., & Hazari, A. (2023). The Emergence of the Planning Organization: From Political Nationalism to Economic Nationalism in Iran [in Farsi]. Journal of Cultural Studies and Communications, 19(71), 291–316.

Book Chapters

• Tehrani, A. (2022). “The Rule of Traffic in the City.” In Jahanshad, P. (Ed.), Rethinking City: Urban Governmentality [in Farsi]. Tehran: Roozabahan Publications.
• Tehrani, A., & Vaghefi, I. (2017). “Where Does Tehran End?: Rethinking the Urbanization of Pardis New Town.” In Hashti Tehran. Tehran: Bon-gah Publications.

Translations

• Various Authors (2023 [2009]). “Mobilities” section. In The Blackwell City Reader (2nd ed.), translated to Farsi by Tehrani, A., and others; edited by Khatam, A. and Salimi, F. Tehran: Shirazeh Publications.
• Lefebvre, H. (2015 [2013]). “Dissolving City, Planetary Metamorphosis.” In Brenner, N. (Ed.), Implosions/Explosions: Towards a Study of Planetary Urbanization. Translated to Farsi by Tehrani, A. Problematica Online Magazine