Dr Meir Javedanfar is an Iranian – Israeli lecturer, author, and commentator. He has been teaching Iranian politics at Reichman University in Israel since 2012. Since 2021, he has also been teaching the “Political Economy of the Middle East” course, at the same university.
He is the co-author of Ahmadinejad’s biography “The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran,” published in 4 languages. He has published many articles on Iran and Iran-related matters for publications such as Foreign Affairs, Al Monitor, The Diplomat, The Guardian and others. He has given lectures at over 20 universities. His Ph.D thesis dealt with Mohammad Reza Shah’s security decision-making in relation to threats posed by Iraq and the Soviet Union.
Meir speaks Persian, English, Hebrew, Spanish and Portuguese.