Ali Ansari — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Professor in Modern History with reference to the Middle East at the University of St Andrews
Founding Director of the Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews
Associate Fellow at Chatham House
Author of "Modern Iran Since 1921: the Pahlavis and After" (2003)
Author of "Confronting Iran: The Failure of American Foreign Policy and the Roots of Mistrust" (2006)
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2016)

Biography

Ali Ansari is a Professor in Modern History with reference to the Middle East at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He is also the founding director of the Institute for Iranian Studies at the university. Ansari holds an Associate Fellowship at Chatham House and is a member of the Governing Council of the British Institute of Persian Studies (BIPS).