# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ali-akbar-abdolrashidi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:54:52.936Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ali-akbar-abdolrashidi"
name: "Ali-Akbar Abdolrashidi"
slug: "ali-akbar-abdolrashidi"
description: "Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi is an Iranian intellectual, journalist, writer, traveler, television host, translator, and university lecturer. During his lengthy career as a journalist, Abdolrashidi conducted hundreds of television interviews with notable international figures, such as Fidel Castro, Rajiv Gandhi, and Muammar al-Gaddafi. For most of his career, Abdolrashidi has worked for the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)."
tagline: "Journalist, translator, writer, photographer, traveler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abdolrashidi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1949"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.91
  momentum:             5.824915824915825
  historical:           5.483586666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Abdolrashidi"
    title: "Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A"
    title: "علي أكبر عبد الرشيدي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%89"
    title: "على اكبر عبد الرشيدى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "علی‌اکبر عبدالرشیدی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Abdolrashidi"
    title: "Ali Akbar Abdolrashidi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2836081"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump