Mohsen Sazegara

Mohsen Sazegara was a leader in the Iranian student movement against the Shah and held several government posts after the 1979 revolution. After resigning in 1989, he became a newspaper publisher and wrote a doctoral thesis on religious intellectuals and the Islamic revolution. After his presidential candidacy was refused in 2001, he initiated a campaign for a referendum on a new Iranian constitution. In March 2005, he joined the Washington Institute for Near East Policy on a two-month fellowship.