Iran, the Shi’i factor, and future of the Middle East

Qur’an recitation, followed by the main talk by Dr Mohammad Kalantari entitled ‘Iran, the Shi’i factor, and future of the Middle East’.

Mohammad R. Kalantariis a Research Fellow in International Relations of the Middle East,and Deputy Director of centre for Islamic and West Asian Studies, at Department of Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London .

His research interest lies in the International Relations of the Middle East with particular focus on the interaction of regional doctrines, elite ideologies, and political Islam.