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Discussion with Prof. Bahman Azad
Prof. Bahman Azad is a member of the Executive Board and Organizational Secretary of the U.S. Peace Council, and an NGO representative of the World Peace Council at the United Nations. He serves as the Coordinator of the Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases and is a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Hands off Syria Coalition and the United National Antiwar Coalition. Bahman's area of research includes the political economy of Capitalism and Socialism.
He is the author of the book: Heroic Struggle, Bitter Defeat: Factors Contributing to the Dismantling of the Socialist State in the USSR. Bahman has done extensive research on the subject of the Middle East and Iran and has published numerous articles on these subjects in various publications in the United States and Iran. He has a Master's Degree in Economics and a Ph.D in Sociology, and is a former acting director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University.
AGE GROUP: | Teens (13-17) | Adults (18+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Education and Lifelong Learning | Civic and Community Engagement |
TAGS: | Politics | Iran | history | Education | culture | Adult Learning |
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