Mohsen Sazegara
Continued activism
In the United Kingdom he called for a referendum and launched an Internet petition, on which he gained the signatures of over 35,000 people.[1] His continued calls for reform in Iran have led the regime to sentence him in absentia to seven years in prison, without clear charges.[2]
In March 2005, he left the UK to attend to a job opportunity in the United States at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy as a visiting scholar. Following a six month term, he left the Washington Institute for Near East Policy for Yale University's Center for International and Area Studies. By the end of the educational year he left Yale' University to work at Harvard University as a researcher on Iran.[3] As of February 2010, Sazegara has been "preaching" a "message of nonviolent action on a nightly basis," through videos calling on Iranian dissidents to avoid fragmentation and unite behind former presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.[4]
He is a visiting fellow at the George W. Bush Institute at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.[5][6]
See also
Notes and references
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
washingtoninstitutewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Iranian Sentenced in Absentia Laments State of Judiciary" (2005-08-24). The Washington Post. Page A12.
- ^ Beehner, Lionel (2006-10-20). "Sazegara: Strong Talk and Sanctions May Resolve Stalemate with Iran." Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 2006-11-06.
- ^ "Khomeini ally now leads Iran dissidents" by Iason Athanasiadis, The Washington Times, August 17, 2009, Retrieved 2009-8-20
- ^ Bush Institute
- ^ Bush Institute announcement