Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh

Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh
Born (1946-02-09) February 9, 1946 (age 78)
Nur, Iran
NationalityIranian
CitizenshipIran
United Kingdom
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsIranian history
InstitutionsTehran University
United Nations University

Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh (Persian: پیروز مجتهدزاده; born 9 February 1946) is an Iranian political scientist and historian. He is a prominent Iranologist, geopolitics researcher, historian and political scientist. He worked in Iranian universities as a geopolitics professor from 1999 to 2014, namely Tarbiat Modares University, University of Tehran and Shahid Beheshti University.[1] He was fired from Tarbiat Modares University in 2014 by Revolutionary Guard Officer Sardar Yahya Rahim Safavi for expressing views in opposition to the Islamic regime. He advisor of the United Nations University.

Mojtahedzadeh has published more than 20 books in Persian, English and Arabic on the geopolitics of Persian Gulf region and modern discourses in international relations. Since 2004, he has been a member of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature. He has been a member of the British Institute of Iranian Studies since 1993. Mojtahedzadeh earned a Ph.D. in political geography from the University of London in 1993 and a Ph.D. in political geography from the University of Oxford in 1979.[2]

In June of 2004, Mojtahedzadeh co-authored an article with Kaveh Afrasiabi, titled "Iran's nuclear program : Threats are not the way to influence Tehran". Afrasiabi was later arrested by the FBI for working as an unregistered agent of the Iranian government and also part of the prisoner hostage exchange. [3]

Mojtahedzadeh is a member of Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) UK. On 4 July 2007, he made a presentation regarding Iran's energy needs and its nuclear energy program at a conference at the European Parliament organized by the European Greens–European Free Alliance.[4]

  1. ^ https://ir.linkedin.com/in/pirouz-mojtahedzadeh-962387177 [bare URL]
  2. ^ Kourosh Ziabari, "Persian Gulf's Name: An Eternal Reality ", Iran Review, 27 November 2012
  3. ^ Afrasiabi, Kaveh L.; Mojtahedzadeh, Pirouz; Tribune, International Herald (2004-07-02). "Opinion | Iran's nuclear program : Threats are not the way to influence Tehran". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  4. ^ "Iran: Alternatives to escalation". European Greens–European Free Alliance. 2007. Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
    - Mojtahedzadeh, Pirouz (4 July 2007). "Iran needs nuclear energy for its economic survival". Tehran Times. Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.4. New York Times - "Iran's Nuclear Program: Threats are not the Way to Influence Iran, by Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh and Kaveh Afrasiabi