Ahmad Tavakkoli (Persian: احمد توکلی; born 5 March[citation needed] 1951) is an Iranian conservative and principlist politician, journalist.

[5] Also he is currently managing-director of Alef news website[6] and founder of the corruption watchdog, non-governmental organization Justice and Transparency Watch.

[7] Tavakkoli is the former representative of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district in the parliament and the director of Majlis Research Center.

He founded Resalat, a conservative newspaper, and later left Iran to study economics in the UK, where he received his PhD.

[9] On 2 March 2011, the PBS' Tehran Bureau reported that Tavakkoli criticized the then President for mentioning only Iran and not Islam in recent speeches.