Friday, June 17, 2011
The Green Movement and Nonviolent Struggle for Democratic Iran
Guest Speaker:
Dr. Adeshir Amirarjomand
Mousavi Representative, Green Movement
Moderator:
Dr. John Tirman, Executive Director and Principal Research Scientist, MIT Center for International Studies
Special Guest:
Dr. Farzin Vahdat, Founding Member Nonviolent Initiative for Democracy
About the speaker:
Dr. Ardeshir Amirarjomand was born in 1957 in Tehran. He studied law in Melli University of Iran and in 1978 he received his doctoral degree (Doctorat d'Etat) in international law and diploma in comparative law from the Strasbourg University in France. From 1990, Dr. Amirarjomand was a law professor at Shahid Beheshti University and lectured in PublicLaw,International Law and Human Rights. Dr. Amirarjomand hasinitiated new department and courses of law in Shahid Beheshti University including Human Rights, environmental law and Bioethics law. Dr. Amirarjomand has been a member of Several Scientific and legal Institutes and has focused on promoting citizen rights and humanrights in Iran. Dr. Amirarjomand has been UNESCO chair holder for Human Rights, Democracy and Peace for ten years and also the Founder and director of the Center for Human Rights, Peace and Democracy in Iran. From to 2005 to 2009 Dr. Amirarjomand partnered with of the United Nations Development Programme to promote human rights in Iran.
