About Alireza Nourizadeh Alireza Nourizadeh (علی‌رضا نوری‌زاده) is a prominent Iranian scholar, literary figure, journalist and an expert on Iranian contemporary history. Nourizadeh is a political refugee from Iran. After fleeing to Great Britain, he obtained his PhD degree from the University of London in International Relations. Nurizadeh has been active in the Iranian journalistic milieu since 1967. He is a Senior researcher and director at the Centre for Arab & Iranian Studies strongly opposed to the Islamic Republic of Iran. He is also a correspondent for Deutsche Welle(German Radio), a Political Commentator for the radio channel Voice of America, a Senior writer for the Saudi Arabian Al-Sharq Al-Awsat.