Amir Abbas Fakhravar

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Amir Abbas Fakhravar (left) meeting with Iran's crown prince; Reza Pahlavi II in Washington. (2006)
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Amir Abbas Fakhravar (left) meeting with Iran's crown prince; Reza Pahlavi II in Washington. (2006)

Amir Abbas Fakhravar (Persian: امیر عباس فخرآور‎ ​) (born 1976 in Tehran), is an Iranian activist, now based in Washington, DC. He is also known as Arash, a Persian (rather than Arabic) name.

Fakhravar is a strong supporter of American plans for regime change in Iran[1]. He left Iran legally from Shiraz to Dubai.[2]

Since his arrival in the United States, he has continued to call for regime change in Iran in meetings with American officials from the Pentagon to the State Department, as well as with Vice President Dick Cheney[3]. He also appeared on a hearing held by U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, along with Michael Ledeen and Ilan Berman.[4][5]

Fakhravar has attracted criticism for his support by elements in the American government, and his career as a dissident has been compared and contrasted to that of Dr. Nasser Zarafshan.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fugitive pleads with US to 'liberate' Iran The Sunday Times
  2. ^ گزارش‌هاي ايرا RadioOfArda
  3. ^ Iran Dissident Plots Escape to Freedom From the Mullahs The New York Sun
  4. ^ Iran's Nuclear Impasse: Next Steps Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
  5. ^ Has Washington found its Iranian Chalabi? Mother Jones magazine questions if Fakhravar is leading down the same path of Ahmed Chalabi.
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