About Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh; The man who took Iran's geopolitics to London

In Nur Mazandaran, there was a school called Dariush, which was started by Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh's father and was run by himself. During the constitutional period, the father had studied at Sepehsalar School in Tehran, and this background had brought the atmosphere of the home closer to books and school. Pirouz was born on 20 Bahman 1324 and completed primary school in this school.

According to Ambassador Arjan, in those years, Noor did not have more than 11th grade. After that, he continued his studies in Tehran and in 1343, with the support of his father and his brother, he went to the capital. The following year, he received a diploma from the former Pahlavi school on Ray Street, in the field of literature, with an average of eleven. A young man who later became one of the most frequent names in the writings of Persian political geography, entered the university with an average grade.

He studied human and economic geography at Tehran University from 1996. In the third year, in 1349, his first book about the sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf was published. The biographies write that the president of the university at the time, Dr. Alikhani, one of Asadollah Alam's relatives arranged a trip to that area to encourage him. In the history of writers, it is rarely seen that a third-year bachelor's student starts such a project. He himself considers this book as the beginning of a path that has continued to this day.

1350 was the year of his bachelor's degree and the year when Britain left the Persian Gulf. Historical accounts show that Iran has been waiting for this moment for years.

In the morning of 9 December 1350, Iranian forces arrived on the islands. In Abu Musa, according to what was reported, the Crown Prince of Sharjah personally welcomed and distributed sweets. Mojtahedzadeh later devoted a large part of his work to these islands.

In the memoirs of Asadollah Alam, the minister of the imperial court in 1347, it is stated that the British ambassador confidentially said that the work of the Tunbs is over, because they are above the middle line, and Alam replied about Abu Musa that Iran's force is to cross the line. In the morning of 9 December 1350, Iranian forces arrived on the islands. In Abu Musa, according to what was reported, the Crown Prince of Sharjah personally welcomed and distributed sweets. Mojtahedzadeh later devoted a large part of his work to these islands.

After graduation, he was a researcher at Tehran University's Department of Geography for one year (1351 and 1352). Then he went to Britain: a master's degree in political geography in Manchester (1975-1976) and then a doctorate in Oxford. There he met Jean Gutman; The professor whose theories of "symbolic roles" and "circulation" in the literature of this field are named after him. Mojtahedzadeh later mentioned this familiarity in the introduction of his books.

During his student years abroad, he was not far from the political events of Iran. On his channel, he mentions a conversation with Amir Abbas Hoyda in March 1353, in a meeting to introduce the representatives of students living abroad with the establishment of Rastakhiz party. He narrates this period in a nostalgic tone with the title "Remembering Iran of the Golden Age" and writes about the 1357 revolution in a harsh tone. These are his own opinions and are recorded in his text.

From 1983, he pursued teaching and research in London. In 1984, he started consulting on international borders, and in 1985, he became the director of the Euroswik Research Foundation. From 1986 to 2002, he worked at the Center for Geopolitical Studies and International Borders, University of London, and a second doctorate from London is also mentioned in his sources. The 1990s was the decade of his English books: Jazayer Tanb and Abu Musi (1995), Amiran Marzdar and Marzhai Khaurii Iran (1996) and Security and Territoriality in the Persian Gulf (1999). In the same years, he wrote an article about the Caspian for the United Nations University and became its research advisor.

His later works broadened the scope. "Small Players of the Big Game" was published in 2004 and "Iran's Border Policy and International Borders" was published in 2007. In his narrative, Britain, whose imperial center was not London but Bombay, formed Afghanistan and the sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf as shield countries against Russia. This conceptual framework can be seen in most of his writings. His detailed book about the maritime political geography of the islands was published in America in 2015 and its Persian translation was published in 2014. He gives one of his historical details on page 40 of the book of the islands: the privilege of the red soil of the islands in the late 19th century from Sheikh Ghasemi Lange for 250 lira per year to one Lange.

In Iran, the translations of his works (including the translation of Hamidreza Malekmohammadi Nouri) brought him readers. His name was repeated in Iranian encyclopedias, publications and media. He published "The Name of the Persian Gulf in the Long History" in collaboration with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Studies Center and wrote entries for the encyclopedias of Shiraz and Islamic World. He taught at Tarbiat Modares University, University of Tehran and other universities and went to George Washington University in 2014-2013.

In the following years, his scientific positions were related to another part of his life: membership in the Academy of Persian Language and Literature, membership in British scientific assemblies and attendance at the Istanbul Summit. At the same time, he published his memoirs under the name "The Legend of Life" (1393). His theoretical works, such as "Philosophy and Function of Geopolitics" and books about virtual space, came in the 1390s. In recent years, the National Library of Iran introduced one of his works, "Political Geography of the Strait of Hormuz", in its series of notes.

he In addition to being known as a professor of political geography, he also referred to himself as a British citizen. The result of nearly six decades of work is a collection of more than twenty Persian books and several English and Arabic books, which started with a booklet about the sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf.

Margins of Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh's life: from 28 August to Safir Arjan Street

The name of Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh is not only tied to maps, borders and islands. Part of his presence in the Persian media is due to the comments he has made in the field of political history, which has always resulted in the reaction of critics.

The most important of these comments is related to August 28, 1332. In an interview with Etemad newspaper and in articles published in the International Studies Quarterly (Winter 2013) and in Arjan Ambassador, he argued that Mohammad Mossadegh had committed a "coup" by dissolving the parliament and changing the structure of the judiciary and the army command.

He considered what happened on August 28 as the announcement of the dismissal of the Prime Minister by the Sultanate. In his account, Colonel Nasiri went with two army jeeps to deliver the verdict, Mossadegh was surprised and imprisoned everyone. He writes that scientific terms are not used carefully in Iran, and Mossadegh was the "head of the state", not someone to be struck by. "Asr Nou" magazine and other critics responded to this position and wrote that he belittles the role of America and Britain by relying on words. Mojtahedzadeh also wrote in subsequent articles that he considers these reactions to be a tactic to silence critics.

In another interview with Etemad, regarding the expulsion of British diplomats from Tehran, he called himself a "British citizen" and said that the retaliatory behavior of the British Embassy is questionable to him. In the same conversation, he said that England did not play a role in August 28, and the largest British colony, India, was in Iran's neighborhood, and the empire's base was not in London, but in Bombay. Parts of this interview later went viral on social networks, and newspapers republished two of his old interviews under the same pretext.

In a conversation with Ambassador Arjan, Mirza Taqi Khan called Amir Kabir "one of the most problematic prime ministers of Iran". Majid Tafarshi, researcher and researcher, responded to this statement.

One of the loud scenes of his career took place at a conference about the name of the Persian Gulf. In an informal conversation, Mojtahedzadeh was speaking excitedly and openly when Ahmed Eghtari, who was close to him, entered the discussion and said, "He must have the power to act and not compromise." An authority told him that if you are Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh, then you must be the one who proposed the Caspian confederation. Then he questioned his life in England and his salary. In the end, the conversation led to mutual insults, and both people who came to defend the territorial integrity and the name of the Persian Gulf, responded with harsh words instead of citing.

The Persian Gulf was another side issue. In a ceremony, he said that he was upset that the ceremony of the National Day of the Persian Gulf was not held, and he said in tears, "My pains and moans are exploding my chest." According to him, in a letter he wrote to the government years ago, this day was supposed to be about defending the Persian Gulf, but Sadegh Kharazi, a former diplomat, did something that turned it into a day "against him". He says that for a while he and his colleagues were invited to the ceremony and gradually they stopped inviting them. This impression is from his own language and the other party has not responded in the reports. He also wrote an open letter to Ban Ki-moon and Sepp Blatter about the name of the Persian Gulf, to Obama about the three islands, and to Malek Fahd.

In an interview with Etomad, he talked about the need for the public prosecutor to come in against those who slander the president. He emphasized there that he does not attribute the movement, which "is not clear from the bottom to the bottom", to foreign circles for no reason, but considers its activity to be against national security and interests.

In June 1404, a part of his personal life reached the media. He had gone to his wife's mother's house in Sefir Arjan, Tehran, to be rebellious. According to him, his wife's mother went to England three years ago and his wife asked him to go home together. He says that the owners of the property prevented them from entering and claimed that because they have been looking after the house for years, they should be paid. According to him, instead of apologizing for the occupation, they punched and kicked him. Finally, with the help of police officers from 123 Niavaran police station, he was transferred to Tajrish Martyrs Hospital and the case was referred to forensic medicine.

The less mentioned point is that Afshin Ala is a poet and the cousin of Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh.

Dr. Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh died yesterday.