Shahriar Rouhani
Shahriar Rouhani (Persian: شهریار روحانی) is an Iranian physicist and political activist affiliated with the Freedom Movement of Iran.
Shahriar Rouhani | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1949 or 1950 (age 73–74)[1] |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Title | Chargé d'affaires ad interim of Iranian embassy in Washington, D.C. |
| Term | 1979 |
| Political party | Freedom Movement of Iran |
| Spouse | Lily Rouhani (née Yazdi)[1] |
| Relatives | Ebrahim Yazdi (father-in-law)[1] |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University University of California, Berkeley Yale University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions | Islamic Azad University |
| Thesis | Microclusters and Homogeneous Nucleation Theory. (1980) |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter P. Wegener |
During the early days of Iranian Revolution in 1979, he took over the revolutionary Iranian embassy in the United States.
As of 2000, he taught at Islamic Azad University in Tehran.[2]
Early life and education
He is grandson of Sheikh Esmaeil Mahallatti, a philosopher and cleric.[1] His father was an engineer and his mother was a philanthropist.[1] His sister, Ghazali is a private landscape gardening consultant.[3] He went to high school in Tehran and entered the United States on scholarships that were not provided by Iranian government. He briefly attended Georgetown University, and then was graduated from University of California, Berkeley in physics, before entering PhD program of fluid physics at Yale.[1]
Jacqueline Trescott of The Washington Post described him in 1979 as "outgoing, cordial, handsome, impeccably tailored in a three-piece navy suit. He speaks in measured terms about the volatile Iranian situation and the fruits of revolution".[1]
Iranian Embassy in the United States
During the early days of Iranian Revolution, he was reportedly headed the revolutionary students who took over Embassy of the Provisional Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Washington, D.C., United States.[1] Rouhani was in charge from February to at least April 1979. According to The Washington Post, he did not take orders "from [Prime Minister] Bazargan, [Foreign Minister] Yazdi or anyone else in Tehran".[4]
Rouhani hired James Abourezk as the lawyer of the embassy.[5]
References
- Trescott, Jacqueline (14 February 1979), "Iran's Point Man in Washington", The Washington Post, retrieved 9 January 2020
- Peterson, Scott (25 February 2000), "Iran opens door - a little - to US", The Christian Science Monitor, retrieved 9 January 2020
- Hodlin, Tim (24 November 2000), "Raising the Veil", BBC, retrieved 9 January 2020
- Warren, Russell (8 April 1979), "The Ayatollah's Embassy", The Washington Post, retrieved 9 January 2020
- Abourezk, James (1989), Advise & Dissent: Memoirs of South Dakota and the U.S. Senate, Chicago Review Press, p. 244, ISBN 9781556520662