Shahriar Rouhani | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1949 or 1950 (age 74–75)[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 |
Shahriar Rouhani (Persian: شهریار روحانی) is an Iranian physicist and political activist affiliated with the Freedom Movement of Iran.
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]
- ^ a b c 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