Mohammad Marandi
{{Short description|Iranian academic and political analyst (born 1966)}}
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| birth_place = Richmond, Virginia, United States
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| occupation = Author, analyst
| alma_mater = University of Birmingham
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Mohammad Marandi{{Efn|{{langx|fa|محمد مرندی}}}} (born 14 May 1966) is an Iranian and American academic and political analyst. He is the son of Alireza Marandi, a physician who was a Minister of Health in Iran's government while also a Member of Parliament.
Early life and education
Mohammad Marandi was born on 14 May 1966 in Richmond, Virginia, and spent the first 13 years of his life in the United States. Following his move to Iran, he volunteered to fight in the Iran-Iraq war and survived two chemical weapons attacks.{{Cite web |date=2008-02-05 |title=Man with a Country |url=https://www.guernicamag.com/man_with_a_country/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Guernica |language=en-US}}
Marandi is a graduate of the University of Tehran and Birmingham University (UK), where his PhD thesis was entitled "Lord Byron, his critics and Orientalism", described as a "response to Edward Said's Orientalism".[https://ganj-old.irandoc.ac.ir/articles/382353 Database]
Career
Marandi was the head of the North American Studies program at the University of Tehran; he is currently a professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the university.
Marandi has appeared as a political and social commentator on international news networks such as Channel 4,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/JOk4qVx_FN8?t=878 |title=Israel vows to 'exact a price' as Iran launches first ever direct attack |work=Youtube |accessdate=14 April 2024}} Sky News,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPRloyyJ_HY |title=Iran attack a 'major humiliation for Israeli regime' says Iranian professor |work=Youtube |date=14 April 2024 |accessdate=14 April 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/GeBy9w5Jeuw?t=89 |title=Analysis: Can the world avoid further conflict in the Middle East? |work=Youtube |accessdate=14 April 2024}} PBS, ABC, CGTN, CNN,{{cite web|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news-topic/fareed-zakaria/video-fareed-zakaria-interviews-iranian-regime-spokesman-mohammed-marandi_8AIFxPHDn10.html%7Cthis |title=Fareed Zakaria Interviews Iranian "Regime" Spokesman Professor Mohammed Marandi |publisher=Moneycontrol.com |accessdate=24 January 2012}} BBC,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCmSNtL7xSU |title=BBC Doha Debate November 9, 2009 |work=Youtube |date=15 November 2009 |accessdate=24 January 2012}} Al Jazeera,{{cite web|author=AlJazeeraEnglish |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8Kt94eesHw |title=Iranian professor "defends" executions |work=Youtube | date=30 January 2010 |accessdate=24 January 2012}} and RT. He has also contributed opinion pieces to publications such as Al Jazeera,{{Cite web |title=Seyed Mohammad Marandi {{!}} Al Jazeera News {{!}} Today's latest from Al Jazeera |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/author/seyed_mohammad_marandi_201361681617410180 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}} Middle East Eye,{{Cite web |title=Seyed Mohammad Marandi |url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/users/seyed-mohammad-marandi |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}} and Tehran Times.{{Cite web |title=Mohammad Marandi |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/tag/Mohammad+Marandi |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Tehran Times |language=en}}
He is an adviser to the Iranian nuclear negotiations team in Vienna.{{Cite web |author=Tamara Qiblawi and Mostafa Salem |title=Trump's shadow looms over last ditch effort to revive Iran nuclear deal |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/10/middleeast/iran-talks-trump-shadow-mime-intl/index.html |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=CNN|date=10 August 2022 }}
Following the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, Marandi wrote "I won't be shedding tears for a writer who spouts endless hatred & contempt for Muslims & Islam. But is it a coincidence that just when we are on the verge of revitalising the nuclear agreement, America makes claims about an attempted assassination of Bolton and then this happens?”.{{Cite web |date=13 August 2022 |title=Salman Rushdie attack: Iranians react with mixture of praise and concern |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/13/salman-rushdie-attack-iranians-react-with-mixture-of-praise-and-concern |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813203813/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/13/salman-rushdie-attack-iranians-react-with-mixture-of-praise-and-concern |archive-date=13 August 2022 |access-date=14 August 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{cite web |date=13 August 2022 |title=Marandi: Claims on Bolton assassination, Rushdie attack before nuclear agreement odd news |url=https://en.irna.ir/news/84851460/Marandi-Claims-on-Bolton-assassination-Rushdie-attack-before |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812213130/https://en.irna.ir/news/84851460/Marandi-Claims-on-Bolton-assassination-Rushdie-attack-before |archive-date=12 August 2022 |access-date=14 August 2022 |agency=Islamic Republic News Agency}} Marandi's statement referred to the United States Department of Justice's allegation that Iran had planned to assassinate US national security advisor John Bolton in 2020.{{Cite web |last1=Rabinowitz |first1=Hannah |last2=Cohen |first2=Marshall |last3=Hansler |first3=Jennifer |last4=Atwood |first4=Kylie |name-list-style=amp |date=10 August 2022 |title=US Justice Department charges Iranian with trying to assassinate John Bolton |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/10/politics/justice-department-charges-iranian-with-trying-to-assassinate-john-bolton/index.html |access-date=2022-08-15 |publisher=CNN}}
Written works
- "Oppressors and Oppressed Reconsidered: A Shi‘itologic Perspective on the Islamic Republic of Iran and Hezbollah’s Outlook on International Relations" (with Raffaele Mauriello) in Islam and International Relations: Contributions to Theory and Practice, Springer, 2015, pp. 50–71.
- "The Khamenei Doctrine: Iran’s leader on diplomacy, foreign policy and international relations" (with Raffaele Mauriello) in Islam in International Relations: Politics and Paradigms, Routledge, 2018, pp. 18–38.
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