Mehdi Khalaji
Mehdi Khalaji (Template:PerB, (b.1973) is an Iranian journalist and political analyst.
Early life
A native from Qom ,the largest center for Shi'a scholarship in the world, he studied the Islamic theology in Qom seminary, Philosophy in Tarbiat Modarres University and at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Later on he became a senior editor at Entekhab [1], a daily newspaper published in Tehran by The Islamic Propagation Office of the Islamic Seminary of Qom and the intellectual monthly Kiyan. As translator, he has translated numerous philosophical works by Nasr Abu Zayd, Burhan Ghalioun, the humanist Islamic scholar Mohammed Arkoun, and others into Persian.
He is currently a visiting scholar at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Khalaji wrote pieces for Daily Star and BBC Persian service. For thee years, he also wrote in his Persian weblog, Ketabcheh.
In November 2006, he appeared on a panel run by American Foreign Policy Council, titled "Understanding the Iranian Threat", along with James Woolsey, Ilan Berman, and Patrick Clawson. The video of his presentation is available: Part one, Part two.
Publications
Books
- The Last Marja: Sistani and the End of Traditional Religious Authority in Shiism
- Natani (novel in Persian, published in Berlin by Nashr-e Gardoon)
Articles
- Iran Feels the Heat: International Pressure Emboldens Tehran’s Domestic Critics
- Perils and Promise of U.S.-Iranian Negotiations
- Iran’s Shadow Government in Lebanon
- Iran: International Pressure and Internal Conflict
- Creating Effective International Pressure for Human Rights in Iran
- More articles
See also
External links
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