# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sadegh-zibakalam
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:22:04.160Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sadegh-zibakalam"
name: "Sadegh Zibakalam"
slug: "sadegh-zibakalam"
description: "Sadegh Zibakalam Mofrad is an Iranian academic, author and pundit described as reformist and neo-liberal. Zibakalam is a former professor at University of Tehran and appears frequently on international news outlets including the BBC News and Al Jazeera. His books \"How Did We Become What We Are? \" and \"An Introduction to Islamic Revolution\" are among bestsellers and prominent books on Iranian contemporary politics."
tagline: "Iranian academician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sadegh_Zibakalam.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1948-06-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             25
  historical:           8.517721333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump