He is a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School,[1] the University of Pennsylvania, President of Iranian International Studies Association, editor-in-chief of International Studies Journal (ISJ).
[5] Amnesty International condemned his detention as being politically motivated and urged Iranian authorities to release him.
[6][7] In 2008, he was prevented by Iranian authorities to leave the country to attend a conference on Palestine held in Florence in Italy.
[8] Zakerian has penned over 50 publications, including books, translations, book reviews and over 100 published articles, many focused on the implementation of international human rights standards in the context of an Islamic state.
[9] On this subject, Dr. William Burke-White, assistant professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School writes, "this is perhaps the most important topic for international human rights scholarship in the modern context and [this scholar's] work is among the best there is.".