Mohammad Kiavash

Mohammad Kiyavosh محمد کیاوش
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 1984–1988
Constituency	Abadan
In office 1980–1984
Constituency	Ahwaz
Personal details
Born	1930[1][2] Zanjan, Iran[1][2]
Died	10 March 2020(2020-03-10) (aged 89–90) Tehran, Iran
Cause of death	COVID-19

Mohammad Alavi Tabar (Persian: محمد علوی‌تبار, also known as Kiyavash; 1930 – 10 March 2020) was an Iranian politician.

Biography

Mohammad Alavi Tabar was born in 1930 in Zanjan.[1][2] He was a follower of jurisprudential Islam.[3]

Mohammad Alavi Tabar served as a member of the Iranian Parliament representing Ahvaz between 1980 and 1984,[1] representing Abadan between 1984 and 1988.[2]

Mohammad Alavi Tabar died from COVID-19 on 10 March 2020.[4] His funeral was held on 12 March.[5]

Role in Cinema Rex fire

Alireza Nourizadeh, who met with SAVAK heads after cinema Rex fire, quoted that Kiavash was the middle person between Najaf clerics and Hossein Takbalizadeh, who was later executed for the arson. Cinema Rex fire triggered the overthrow of Shah and success of Islamic Revolution of Iran.[6]

References

1. "Kiyavosh, Seyed Mohammad". Islamic Parliament of Iran. Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
2. "Kiyavash (Alavi Tabar), Seyed Mohammad". Islamic Parliament of Iran. Archived from the original on 2020-03-27. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
3. Seyed Mohammad Lolaki (2019). Diverging Approaches of Political Islamic Thought in Iran since the 1960s. Springer Nature. p. 147. ISBN 978-981-15-0477-8.
4. "سیدمحمد علوی تبار درگذشت" (in Persian). Islamic Republic News Agency. 10 March 2020.
5. "تدفین پیکر مرحوم سید محمد علوی‌تبار" (in Persian). Iranian Students News Agency. 12 March 2020.
6. کرمانی, علیرضا (20 August 2008). "بازخوانی پرونده سينما رکس پس از ۳۰ سال". رادیو فردا (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-10-27.