Draft:Mehdi Mirza Mehdi Tehrani

Mehdi Mirza Mehdi Tehrani, (born March 13, 1970 in Tehran) is an Iranian professor, journalist, and Veteran as a Former Marines Commando during the Iran–Iraq War. He is the holder Order of Altruism (1st class, May 19, 2020).

Academic background
Tehrani learned the basics of intervening in translation and historiography from Reza Seyed-Hosseini. Akbar Alemi, Arthur Knight, Christian Ross, and Arthur Asa Berger are also notable as his Masters in film studies. He holds a PhD in Film and Visual Media Studies from McGill University in 1999. He is a full time professor at College of Fine Arts (University of Tehran). He was never an employee of any media or newspaper but Tehrani has been working as a freelance journalist and Independent Academic writer in the Iranian press for more than three decades.

Military background
Lt Cdr Mehdi Tehrani was the commander of the independent battalion of Basij marine rangers in the Operation Karbala-4. This battalion, which was officially called Admiral Gholamali Bayandor's unit and had 500 rangers and currently he is the last and only survivor of this battalion. He was seriously injured in the Iran-Iraq war due to chemical gases that affect the soldiers' blood system. At 18 years, 10 months and 2 days, he is the youngest Marines battalion commander in the history of the Iran-Iraq war (in the Operation Karbala-4) .He is the holder Order of Altruism (1st class, May 19, 2020).

Some works

 * ک مثل کارتون (جایگاه کمپانی های بزرگ و استودیوهای مستقل در روند رشد و فراگیری سینمای انیمیشن : 1927-2003 - .Tehrani, Mehdi (2003) Farabi Cinema Quarterly. 49 (3):143–154. 


 * سی نما و مخاطب: سینمای ایران و مخاطبان آن: پویایی دوره ای و درماندگی دوره ای سینمای ایران (نگاهی به روند شکل گیری و هویت یابی سینما در بیست و پنج سال اخیر). Tehrani, Mehdi (2003) Farabi Cinema Quarterly. 50 (4):PP:33–60.