Ali Ansari

Professor of Iranian History and Director of the Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews

Ali Ansari is Professor of Iranian History & Director of the Institute for Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews; Associate Fellow of the Middle East Programme, Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House).

He is the author of: Crisis of Authority: Iran’s 2009 Presidential Election (RIIA, London, 2010), Iran Under Ahmadinejad (Adelphi Paper, IISS, January 2008), Confronting Iran: the failure of US policy and the roots of mistrust (Hurst, London, 2006), Modern Iran since 1921: the Pahlavis and after (2nd Edition, Longman, London, 2007), Iran, Islam & Democracy - The Politics of Managing Change (2nd Edition, RIIA, London, 2006)

Ansari is currently working on a book for Cambridge University Press entitled, The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran, and has recently been appointed Editor of the Cambridge History of Iran Vol 8 (The Islamic Republic).