Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh (Persian: پیروز مجتهدزاده; born 9 February 1946) is an Iranian political scientist and historian.
[1] He was fired from Tarbiat Modares University in 2014 by Revolutionary Guard Officer Sardar Yahya Rahim Safavi for expressing views in opposition to the Islamic regime.
[2] In June of 2004, Mojtahedzadeh co-authored an article with Kaveh Afrasiabi, titled "Iran's nuclear program : Threats are not the way to influence Tehran".
Afrasiabi was later arrested by the FBI for working as an unregistered agent of the Iranian government and also part of the prisoner hostage exchange.
[3] Mojtahedzadeh is a member of Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) UK.