Hossein Mousavian

Seyed Hossein Mousavian ( * 1957 in Kashan ) is an Iranian diplomat. Since 2009 he has been a visiting scholar at Princeton University.

Life

Mousavian studied at the Iran University of Science and Technology and at Sacramento City College and Sacramento State University in the United States. From 1980 to 1990 Mousavian was chief editor of the daily Tehran Times, for which he wrote more than 2000 posts. At the same time, he worked in the 1980s for the Iranian government, including as Vice President of the Islamic Propaganda Organization ( 1981-1983) and worked with Hashemi Rafsanjani together as chairman of the Parlamententarischen administrative organization ( 1983-1986), and 1986-1989 the Foreign Ministry. From 1990 to 1997 Mousavian was Iran's ambassador to Germany. He then headed the Foreign Policy Committee of the Supreme Security Council under President Mohammad Khatami. At the same time Mousavian continued his education and made 1998 a master's degree at the University of Tehran in 2002 at the University of Kent a Ph.D. in International Relations.

Works

  • Imam Khomeini: His Life and Leadership, 1990, Saffron Publications, London, UK
  • Islamic Thinkers of Germany, 1995, Institute for Political and International Studies ( IPIS ), Iranian Foreign Ministry
  • Challenges of Iran - West relations; Analysis of Iran -Germany Relations, 2006, The Center for Strategic Research
  • Iran -Europe Relations: Challenges and Opportunities, 2008, Routledge Press, London, UK
  • Additional Protocol and Islamic Republic 's Strategy, 2008, The Center for Strategic Research
  • Human Rights: Trends and Viewpoints, 2008, The Center for Strategic Research
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