Shahir Shahidsaless

شهیرشهیدثالث

Born|  (1952-03-26) March 26, 1952 (age 73)

Tehran, Iran

Education|

* Sharif University of Technology
* University of London
* University of Sussex

Occupation|

* Writer
* journalist
* political analyst

Years active| 2000 - present
Spouse(s)| Faranak Shakoori

Shahir Shahidsaless (born March 26, 1952) is an Iranian-Canadian journalist, author, and a political analyst.[1][2][3] Shahidsaless is best known for his analytical and political reports on international relations. He majorly covers and writes about the political and economic situations of Iran, the Middle East, along with the US foreign policy in the region.[4][5][6][7][8]

Shahidsaless regularly writes for BBC Persian[9][10][11][12][13] while his views and comments have been featured by the American think-tank, the Atlantic Council,[14][15]Huffington Post[16], the London-based news outlet the Middle East Eye[17], Gulf News[18], Al-Monitor[19] and Asharq al-Awsat[20][21], and have appeared in other major news outlets.[22][23][24]

Shahidsaless has co-authored a book titled Iran and the United States: An Insider’s View on the Failed Past and the Road to Peace.[25] He authored this book along with Seyed Hossein Mousavian[26][27], a renowned Iranian policymaker and scholar. Shahidsaless has also authored a book in Persian titled Sun In the Mist: This Is How America Is Ruled. The book was published by the Central Library of Tehran (Iran) University.[28]

## Contents

* 1 Early life and Education
* 2 Career
* 2.1 Controversy
* 3 Personal life
* 4 Publications
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Early life and Education[edit]

Shahir Shahidsaless was born in 1952 in Tehran, Iran. He graduated from Sharif University of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Later in his life Shahidsaless decided to follow his passion and continued his studies in International Relations at the University of London and obtained a Masters of Arts degree in Geopolitics and Grand Strategy from the University of Sussex.[29][30]

## Career[edit]

Shahidsaless began his career as a journalist in the later half of his life. Before that he worked in a number of different industries such as engineering, international trade and finance for over 25 years.

It was in 2000 that Shahidsaless embraced his passion to pursue writing about politics as a full time job. He started sending out his articles for publication and soon gained acknowledgement for his views and coverage on the issues related to the Middle East, Iran, US-Iran relations and the US foreign policy in the Middle East region[31][32]. Shahidsaless views and comments has been frequently quoted in the media[33][34][35] and publications.[36][37][38][39][40][41][42]

Shahidsaless has been noted for his political reporting and his views are often published in several media outlets such Huffington Post, Newsweek, Christian Science Monitor, Middle East Eye, Gulf News, Al-Monitor, Asharq al-Awsat (English and Persian).where he writes about the political issues and their effects.

In 2018, Shahidsaless was appointed as the official translator for the Amnesty International.

### Controversy[edit]

According to Reuters[43], In 2007, Shahidsaless sued Shirin Ebadi who is an Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate, in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan.[44] Shahidsaless claimed that Ebadi reneged on getting a publisher for a book that was written by Shahidsaless as per Ebadi’s request. Shahidsaless worked for almost two years on this project under the supervision of Ebadi. It was titled - A Useful Enemy which was supposed to be a response to Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations Theory.[45][46]

## Personal life[edit]

Shahir Shahidsaless is married to Faranak Shakoori and currently resides with his family in Calgary, Canada. He has two daughters.

## Publications[edit]

* Iran and the United States, An Insider’s View on the Failed Past and the Road to Peace, Co-authored with renowned Iranian policymaker and scholar, Seyed Hossein Mousavian.[47] Published in 2014 by Bloomsbury Publishing.[48]

This book encompasses the US-Iran relations from 1856 to this decade. Its main focus is on examination of the complex interaction of both parties from the perspective of the Iranian culture, society, and the Iranian policy-making system.

* Sun In the Mist: This Is How America Is Ruled [Persian خورشید در مه: آمریکا اینگونه اداره می شود] Published in 2004 by the Central Library of Tehran University.[49] Resorting to extensive documentary sources, this 600-page novel seeks to demonstrate the nature and extent of corporate influence on American politics.

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Bloomsbury.com. "Bloomsbury - Shahir Shahidsaless - Shahir Shahidsaless". www.bloomsbury.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
2. ↑ "Revolutionary Guard gains power in Iran". UPI. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
3. ↑ "Shahir ShahidSaless | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
4. ↑ "Shahir Shahidsaless". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
5. ↑ "Search | Gulf News". GulfNews. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
6. ↑ Beeman, William O. (2015-01-24). "Iran and the United States: An Insider's View on the Failed Past and the Road to Peace by Seyed Hossein Mousavian with Shahir Shahidsaless (review)". The Middle East Journal. 69 (1): 141–142. ISSN 1940-3461.
7. ↑ Amirahmadi, Hooshang; ShahidSaless, Shahir (2013-02-01). "Avoid Repeating Mistakes toward Iran". The Washington Quarterly. 36 (1): 145–162. doi:10.1080/0163660X.2013.751655. ISSN 0163-660X.
8. ↑ "شهیر شهید ثالث". ایران اینترنشنال (in فارسی). 2020-04-11. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
9. ↑ "آیا قرارداد همکاری ۲۵ ساله ایران و چین تحقق خواهد یافت؟". BBC News فارسی (in فارسی). Retrieved 2020-08-15.
10. ↑ "تلاطم در بازار ارز، صعود بی‌وقفه بورس، و تحریم‌ها؛ در ایران چه می گذرد؟". BBC News فارسی (in فارسی). Retrieved 2020-08-15.
11. ↑ "کشته شدن جورج فلوید؛ آیا ترامپ علیرغم تحولات اخیر و نظرسنجی‌ها شانس پیروزی در انتخابات را دارد؟". BBC News فارسی (in فارسی). Retrieved 2020-09-04.
12. ↑ "نظم نوین جهانی در دنیای پسا کرونا: آیا ممکن است چین آمریکا را پشت سر بگذارد؟". BBC News فارسی (in فارسی). Retrieved 2020-08-15.
13. ↑ "خطای استدلال آیت‌‎الله خامنه‌ای در سیاست‌ راهبردی ایران کجاست؟". BBC News فارسی (in فارسی). Retrieved 2020-08-15.
14. ↑ "Booming stock market in Iran is a national security project". Atlantic Council. 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
15. ↑ "Shahir Shahidsaless".`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
16. ↑ "Shahir ShahidSaless | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
17. ↑ "Shahir Shahidsaless". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
18. ↑ "Search | Gulf News". GulfNews. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
19. ↑ "Shahir ShahidSaless". www.al-monitor.com. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
20. ↑ Al-awsat, Asharq. "Middle-east Arab News Opinion". eng-archive.aawsat.com (in українська). Retrieved 2020-08-15.
21. ↑ "شهیر شهیدثالث, Author at آرشيو الشرق الاوسط فارسی". farsi-archive.aawsat.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
22. ↑ "Rouhani vs. Raisi. Iran's Knockout Election". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
23. ↑ "Rouhani vs Raisi. Iran's knockout presidential election". Newsweek. 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
24. ↑ "To avoid war with Iran, Obama must change his tone and strike a deal". Christian Science Monitor. 2012-03-07. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
25. ↑ Bloomsbury.com. "Bloomsbury - Shahir Shahidsaless - Shahir Shahidsaless". www.bloomsbury.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
26. ↑ Bloomsbury.com. "Iran and the United States". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
27. ↑ "Seyed Hossein Mousavian", Wikipedia, 2020-08-20, retrieved 2020-09-04
28. ↑ ""The sun is shining in May ... and this is how America is governed "".`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
29. ↑ "Shahir ShahidSaless". LinkedIn.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
30. ↑ "Shahir Shahidsaless". Bloomsbury.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
31. ↑ "هشدار واشنگتن به تهران و کاراکاس؛ مبادلات اقتصادی ایران تنگ‌تر می شود؟ - صفحه دو - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
32. ↑ Mousavian, Seyed Hossein; Shahidsaless, Shahir (2014-06-19). Iran and the United States: An Insider’s View on the Failed Past and the Road to Peace. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-62892-760-3.
33. ↑ "Rouhani vs. Raisi. Iran's Knockout Election". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
34. ↑ "آیا اجرای برجام چشم انداز روشنی دارد؟". euronews (in فارسی). 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
35. ↑ "چرا روسیه نیروهای خود را از سوریه خارج می‌کند؟". euronews (in فارسی). 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
36. ↑ Shahidsaless, Shahir. "Beyond Islamists & Autocrats" (PDF). p. 7.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
37. ↑ "Mojtaba Khamenei", Wikipedia, 2020-08-09, retrieved 2020-09-04
38. ↑ Entessar, Nader; Afrasiabi, Kaveh L. (2015). Iran Nuclear Negotiations: Accord and Détente Since the Geneva Agreement of 2013. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 104, 205, 210. ISBN 978-1-4422-4234-0.
39. ↑ Elhadj, Elie (2018-08-15). Oil and God: Sustainable Energy Will Defeat Wahhabi Terror. Universal-Publishers. p. 298\. ISBN 978-1-58112-607-5.
40. ↑ Akbarzadeh, Shahram; Conduit, Dara (2016-04-18). Iran in the World: President Rouhani' s Foreign Policy. Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 52, 190. ISBN 978-1-349-99537-0.
41. ↑ "Shahir Shahid Saless". Majalla. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
42. ↑ "Political Discourse on Iranian Twitter during the 2016 Parliamentary Elections" (PDF).`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
43. ↑ "Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner sued over book". Reuters. 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
44. ↑ "Toronto couple sue Iranian Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi over book deal".`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
45. ↑ "Author sues Nobel Peace Prize winner". www.abc.net.au. 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
46. ↑ "Canadian author sues Nobel winner". thestar.com. 2007-08-23. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
47. ↑ "Seyed Hossein Mousavian", Wikipedia, 2020-08-20, retrieved 2020-09-04
48. ↑ Bloomsbury.com. "Bloomsbury - Shahir Shahidsaless - Shahir Shahidsaless". www.bloomsbury.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
49. ↑ ""Sun In the Mist: This Is How America Is Ruled [Persian خورشید در مه: آمریکا اینگونه اداره می شود]"".`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

## External links[edit]

* Shahir Shahidsaless on Twitter
* Shahir Shahidsaless on LinkedIn