1. Trita Parsi is an Iranian-born Swedish writer and activist, and the co-founder and executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, as well as the founder and former president of the National Iranian American Council.
12 Facts About Trita Parsi
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Trita Parsi writes articles and appears on TV to comment on foreign policy and is the author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States, A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama's Diplomacy with Iran and Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy.
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Trita Parsi earned a master's degree in international relations at Uppsala University and a second master's degree in economics at Stockholm School of Economics.
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In 2003, Trita Parsi served as an aide to Representative Bob Ney.
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Trita Parsi has served as an adjunct professor of international relations at Johns Hopkins University SAIS, an adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute and as a Policy Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC.
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Trita Parsi is an Iranian-Swedish dual national and a permanent resident of the United States.
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Trita Parsi was awarded the 2016 Alumni of the Year prize from Uppsala University.
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Trita Parsi has been a guest on The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
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Trita Parsi has frequently appeared on C-SPAN to discuss the Iran nuclear deal and Middle Eastern politics.
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Trita Parsi gave a widely viewed Ted Talk on the possibility of peace between Iran and Israel.
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Trita Parsi is a guest on news programs including CNN, PBS Newshour, NPR, BBC, and Al Jazeera.
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Trita Parsi is married to Amina Semlali, a human development specialist at the World Bank.