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|work=UN Chronicle}}</ref> On 24 December 2002, he issued a statement on behalf of the organisation in opposition to the risk of an [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]].<ref name="payvand_GIP">{{cite news | first=Kaveh L. | last=Afrasiabi | pages= | language =| title=Global Interfaith Peace Calls For Peace Brigade To Iraq | date=2002-12-24 | publisher=Payvand.com | url=http://www.payvand.com/news/02/dec/1117.html |accessdate=2009-06-03 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5hGNx0ncB |archivedate=2009-06-03}}</ref> |
|work=UN Chronicle}}</ref> On 24 December 2002, he issued a statement on behalf of the organisation in opposition to the risk of an [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]].<ref name="payvand_GIP">{{cite news | first=Kaveh L. | last=Afrasiabi | pages= | language =| title=Global Interfaith Peace Calls For Peace Brigade To Iraq | date=2002-12-24 | publisher=Payvand.com | url=http://www.payvand.com/news/02/dec/1117.html |accessdate=2009-06-03 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5hGNx0ncB |archivedate=2009-06-03}}</ref> |
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===Iranian 2009 presidential election=== |
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Afrasiabi vociferously denied the rigging allegations of the 2009 Iranian election and has in various TV interviews criticized the U.S medias for misrepresenting the situation in Iran, and insinuating the political might of the Western governments. Afrasiabi has been a self-professed supporter of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the incumbent president of Iran, in the controversial 2009 presidential election. On Jun 25, in a debate with Ali Ansari hosted in PressTV, Iranian government funded TV channel in London, Afrasiabi cited the statistical analysis of Prof. Walter Mebane of the university of Michigan as an indication of conformance of the election results with statistical laws, thereby dismissing Ansari's preliminary report in support of the rigging hypothesis. |
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Dr Kaveh Lamazhab Afrasiabi is a political scientist and author of Iranian origin who has lived for many years in the United States.
Teaching
Afrasiabi has taught political science at Tehran University, Boston University, and Bentley College. Afrasiabi has been a visiting scholar at Harvard University, UC Berkeley, Binghamton University, Center For Strategic Research, Tehran and Institute for Strategic Studies[clarification needed] in Paris.[1]
From 1996 to 2003, Afrasiabi was involved in a legal conflict with Roy Mottahedeh, former director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University, who had been his superior during Afrasiabi's time as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard, and Harvard University itself. The conflict started with an alleged extortion against Mottahedeh's subordinates and a "pre-dawn" arrest of Afrasiabi by Harvard police, and terminated in 2003 with a civil rights case against Harvard, Mottahedeh and the Supreme Court of the United States,[2][3][4] in which Afrasiabi acted as his own attorney. During associated controversies, Afrasiabi was supported by Mike Wallace of the US television program 60 Minutes,[5] author David Mamet,[6] linguist Noam Chomsky and political scientist Howard Zinn,[7] and former deputy prime minister of Iran, Farhang Mehr.[citation needed]
Books
Afrasiabi has written several books in relation to international relations, Iranian foreign policy and Iran – United States relations, including After Khomeini: New Directions in Iran's Foreign Policy (1994),[8], Nir/North: A Cinematic Story about the Iran-Contra Affair (1996),[9] Iran's Nuclear Program: Debating Facts Versus Fiction (2006)[10] and Reading in Iran's Foreign Policy After September 11 (2008).[11] Afrasiabi has also written several book chapters on Islam, environment[clarification needed], and theology, published by Harvard University Press, Chicago University Press and Wadsworth.[citation needed]. Also, Afrasiabi has published a chapter on Islam, globalization, and ethics of non-violence in a compendium on Mahdism published by the Islamic Center of London.
Media
Afrasiabi has worked as a consultant to CBS's "60 Minutes" and has appeared on numerous television programs including CNN, MSNBC, Voice of America, and Al-Jazeera. Afrasiabi is a regular contributor to the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Global Dialogue, and Asia Times. Afrasiabi has written hundreds of articles in these and other newspapers and in scholarly journals including Harvard Theological Review, Harvard International Review, UN Chronicle, Brown's Journal of World Affairs, Middle East Journal, Journal of International Affairs, Telos, and Mediterannean Affairs. A supporter of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad[12], he has spoken out in support of the fairness of the 2009 presidential election results on CNN[13] and elsewhere[14] and has been critical of protests over the results.[15] He is also a supporter[16] of Iran's nuclear power program that was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States as part of the Atoms for Peace program. Afrasiabi has called for education on the holocaust in the Muslim Middle East as a "moral imperative."
Peace/media activism
Afrasiabi is a former consultant to the United Nations "Dialogue Among Civilizations", for which he interviewed the former Iranian president, Mohammad Khatami.[17] He occasionally contributes to the UN Chronicle on peace and human rights related topics.[18][19] Afrasiabi is frequently referred to as the director of an non-governmental organisation called Global Interfaith Peace.[18] On 24 December 2002, he issued a statement on behalf of the organisation in opposition to the risk of an invasion of Iraq.[20]
References
- ^ "Dr. Afrasiabi is currently at the Paris Institute for Strategic Studies and serves on the Board of Directors of CASMII (Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran.)"""Forum on Iran : The Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University"".
- ^ Upton, Geoffrey C. (1996-02-08). "Former Post-Doc Will Stand Trial; Afrasiabi Denies Extortion Charge, Cites 'Mind-Blowing Conspiracy'". Harvard University. Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- ^ Afrasiabi, Kaveh L. (2005-02-17). "A letter to America". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2999-12-31.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "KAVEH L. AFRASIABI, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. HARVARD UNIVERSITY; HARVARD UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT; RICHARD W. MEDEROS; FRANCIS RILEY; LAUREEN DONAHUE; CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES; ROY P. MOTTAHEDEH; REZA ALAVI and SHOBHANA RANA, Defendants, Appellees". United States Court of Appeals. 2002-07-01. Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ ""Between Mike Wallace and Me"".
- ^ ""The David Mamet Society"".
- ^ ""Reading Kafka at Harvard"".
- ^ Afrasiabi, Kaveh L. (1994). After Khomeini: New Directions in Iran's Foreign Policy. Boulder, Colorado, United States: Westview Press. p. 244. ISBN 978-0813321158.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Afrasiabi, Kaveh L. (1996 (2nd edition)). Nir/North: A Cinematic Story about the Iran-Contra Affair. NEPCO Publications. p. 150.
{{cite book}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Afrasiabi, Kaveh L. (2006-03-08). Iran's Nuclear Program: Debating Facts Versus Fiction. BookSurge Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 978-1419630392.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Afrasiabi, Kaveh L. (2008-10-23). Reading in Iran's Foreign Policy After September 11. BookSurge Publishing. p. 304. ISBN 978-1419656682.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Ahmadinejad Supporter Speaks, Kaveh Afrasiabi Interviewed by Don Lemon. 17.06.09
- ^ Tehran tense as Iran's supreme leader endorses vote outcome June 15, 2009
- ^ http://www.casttv.com/search/Kaveh%20Afrasiabi/1
- ^ Iran: Mousavi States His Case by Kaveh L Afrasiabi
- ^ Afrasiabi, Kaveh L., Iran's Nuclear Program: Debating Facts Versus Fiction, BookSurge Publishing, 2006
- ^ Khatami, Mohammad (2006-09-11). "Mohammad Khatami on the Dialogue Among Civilizations". United Nations. Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Guéhenno, Jean-Marie (2007). "'We are more advanced in Peacekeeping than in Peacebuilding efforts'". UN Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
- ^ "« Je continuerai d'être une avocate engagée dans la défense des droits de l'homme »" (in French). United Nations. 2004.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Afrasiabi, Kaveh L. (2002-12-24). "Global Interfaith Peace Calls For Peace Brigade To Iraq". Payvand.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-03.