Amir Tehrani

Amir Tehrani is an independent Iranian social researcher. He holds a PhD in Sociology from Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran (2024), and an MSc in Sociology from the London School of Economics (2012). His research focuses on automobility, postcolonial development, and the political economy of technological infrastructures. His current research examines the social history and political economy of automobility in Iran.

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