Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh (born 9 February 1946) is an Iranian

political scientist Political science is the science, scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of politics, political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated c ...

and historian. He is a prominent Iranologist, geopolitics researcher, historian and political scientist. He teaches geopolitics at the Tarbiat Modares

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...

. He has been the advisor of the

United Nations University The (UNU) is the think tank and academic arm of the United Nations. Headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, with diplomatic status as a UN institution, its mission is to help resolve global issues related to human development and welfare thro ...

. Mojtahedzadeh has published more than 20 books in Persian, English and Arabic on the geopolitics of

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Persis, Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a Mediterranean sea (oceanography), me ...

region and modern discourses in international relations. Since 2004, he has been a member of the

Academy of Persian Language and Literature The Academy of Persian Language and Literature (APLL) ( fa, فرهنگستان زبان و ادب فارسی, ''Farhangestân-e Zabân-o Adab-e Fârsi'') is the regulatory body for the Persian language, headquartered in Tehran, Iran. Formerly know ...

. He has been a member of the British Institute of Iranian Studies since 1993. Mojtahedzadeh earned a Ph.D. in

political geography Political geography is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of political processes and the ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structures. Conventionally, for the purposes of analysis, po ...

from the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

in 1993 and a Ph.D. in political geography from the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

in 1979. Mojtahedzadeh is currently a professor of

geopolitics Geopolitics (from Greek γῆ ''gê'' "earth, land" and πολιτική ''politikḗ'' "politics") is the study of the effects of Earth's geography (human and physical) on politics and international relations. While geopolitics usually refers to ...

Tarbiat Modares University Tarbiat Modares University ( fa, دانشگاه تربیت مدرس: ''Dāneshgāh-e Tarbiyat Modares'', lit. "Professor Training University") is an exclusively graduate university with its main campus in Tehran, Iran. It was founded in 1982 a ...

. He is a member of

Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) is a group of academics, students and professionals of Iranian and non-Iranian backgrounds formed to oppose sanctions or military action against Iran by the United States. H ...

(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 The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

organised by the

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Education

*1967-1971:

- B.A. in human and economic geography *1974-1976:

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

- M.A. in political geography *1976-1979:

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

- D.Phil. in political geography *1990-1993:

- Ph.D. in political geography

Positions

*1985–2011: Chairman: Urosevic Research Foundation of London *1997-1999: Visiting Professor: University of Tehran *1999–present: Professor of Political Geography and Geopolitics: Tarbiat Modarres University (Tehran) *1986–present: Senior Research Associate, Geopolitics & International Boundaries Research Centre, SOAS/University of London *1995-1996: Consultant of United Nations University *Member of the Board, Society for contemporary Iranian Studies, University of London *Member of the British Institute of Persian Studies, London *2008: a key member of Persian Gulf Studies Center

Books

*''Political Geography of the Strait of Hormuz'' (1991, CNMES/SOAS Occasional Paper Publication, University of London) *''The Changing World Order and the Geopolitical Regions of The Persian Gulf and Caspian - Central Asia'' (1992, Urosevic Foundation, London) *''The Islands of Tunb and Abu Musa'' (1995, CNMES/SOAS Occasional Paper Publication, University of London) *''The Amirs of Borderlands and Eastern Iranian Borders'' (1996, Urosevic Research Foundation, London) *''Security and Territoriality in The Persian Gulf - A Maritime Political Geography'' (1999 London, Curzon Press, London, and 2002 New York) *''Small Players of the Great Game'' (2004, Routledge/Curzon, London) *''Boundary Politics and International Boundaries of Iran'' (2007, Universal Publishers, USA) *''The UAE and Iranian Islands of Tunbs and Abu Musa'' (2007, Institute International d’ Etudes Strategique, Paris)

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Pirouz MojtahedZadeh Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mojtahedzadeh, Pirouz 20th-century Iranian historians Academic staff of the University of Tehran Academic staff of Tarbiat Modares University 1946 births Living people Alumni of SOAS University of London People from Nur, Iran

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