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Amir Taheri (born 9 June 1942, Ahvaz) is an Iranian-born conservative〔Security First: For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy - P252, by Amitai Etzioni〕 author based in Europe. His writings focus on the Middle East affairs and topics related to Islamist terrorism. He has been the subject of many controversies involving fabrications in his writings, most notable of which was the 2006 Iranian sumptuary law controversy. He's the current Chairman of Gatestone Institute in Europe.〔("Board of Advisors" ) Gatestone Institute. Retrieved 2013-09-21.〕 ==Career== Taheri's biography at Benador Associates stated that he was educated in Tehran, London, and Paris. He was executive editor-in-chief of ''Kayhan,'' a "strongly pro-Shah"〔Schwarz, Jonathan (2007-11-18) (The Amir Taheri Story ), ''Mother Jones''〕 Iranian daily, from 1972 to 1979,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Profile: Amir Taheri )〕 and a member of the board of trustees of the Iranian Institute for International Political and Economic Studies in Tehran from 1973 to 1979.〔 Taheri has also been editor-in-chief of ''Jeune Afrique'' (1985-1987),〔 Middle East correspondent for the London ''Sunday Times'' (1980-1984),〔 and has written for the Pakistan ''Daily Times,'' ''The Daily Telegraph,'' ''The Guardian'' and ''The Daily Mail.'' He was a member of the executive board of the International Press Institute from 1984 to 1992. He has been a columnist (often as an "op ed" writer) for ''Asharq Al-Awsat'' and its sister publication ''Arab News,'' ''International Herald Tribune,'' ''The Wall Street Journal,'' ''The New York Times,'' ''The Los Angeles Times,'' ''Newsday,'' and ''The Washington Post.'' He has also written for ''Die Welt,'' ''Der Spiegel'', in Germany, ''La Repubblica'' in Italy, ''L'Express,'' ''Politique internationale'' (where he is part of the Consulting Committee) 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.'' Taheri is a commentator for CNN and is frequently interviewed by other media including the BBC and the RFI. He has written several TV documentaries dealing with various issues of the Muslim world. He 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. Taheri has published several books, some of which have been translated into 20 languages. In 1988 Publishers Weekly in New York chose his study of Islamist terrorism, ''Holy Terror: Inside the World of Islamic Terrorism,'' as one of the best books of the year. Another of his books, ''The Cauldron: The Middle East Behind The Headlines'' (1988) was used as a textbook in colleges in the United Kingdom and Canada. His most recent book, ''Persian Night: Iran under the Khomeinist Revolution'', (2009) discusses the Islamic Republic's history, current political landscape, and geopolitical ambitions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amir Taheri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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