Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Iranian |
Citizenship | Iran United Kingdom |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Iranian history |
Institutions | Tehran 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 taught geopolitics at the Tarbiat Modares University of Tehran before being fired by the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) Officer Yahya Rahim Safavi on the accusation that his views were in opposition to the Islamic regime. He has been the 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.[1]
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.[2]