1. Amir Taheri is an Iranian-born journalist, author, intellectual, scholar of Middle Eastern politics and activist based in Europe.
14 Facts About Amir Taheri
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Amir Taheri's writings focus on the Middle East affairs and topics related to Islamic terrorism.
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Amir Taheri is the current Chairman of Gatestone Institute in Europe.
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Amir Taheri was the executive editor-in-chief of Kayhan, a "strongly pro-Shah" Iranian daily, from 1972 to 1979, and a member of the board of trustees of the Iranian Institute for International Political and Economic Studies in Tehran from 1973 to 1979.
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Amir Taheri was a member of the executive board of the International Press Institute from 1984 to 1992.
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Amir Taheri has been a columnist for Asharq Al-Awsat and its sister publication Arab News, International Herald Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and The Washington Post.
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Amir Taheri has written for Die Welt, Der Spiegel, in Germany, La Repubblica in Italy, L'Express, Politique internationale and Le Nouvel Observateur in France, El Mundo in Spain, and The Times in the UK, the German weekly Focus magazine, the National Review, and the New York Post.
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Amir Taheri is a commentator for CNN and is frequently interviewed by other media, including the BBC and the RFI.
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Amir Taheri has written several TV documentaries dealing with various issues of the Muslim world.
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Amir Taheri has interviewed many world leaders including Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, King Faisal, Mikhail Gorbachev, President Anwar Sadat, Zhou Enlai, Indira Gandhi and Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
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Amir Taheri has published several books, some of which have been translated into 20 languages.
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Amir Taheri has been the subject of many controversies involving allegations of producing fabrications in his writings, the most notable of which was the 2006 Iranian sumptuary law controversy.
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Amir Taheri's byline was attached to an op-ed in The New York Times of 11 July 2002 under the title "The Death of bin Ladenism".
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Amir Taheri insisted that his report was correct and that "the dress code law has been passed by the Islamic Majlis and will now be submitted to the Council of Guardians", claiming that "special markers for followers of Judaism, Christianity and Zoroastrianism are under discussion as a means to implement the law".