Hamid Ahmadi is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies. He is also professor of political science in Tehran University. Dr. Ahmadi's research interests include politics and government in the Middle East, Iranian foreign policy, political sociology of contemporary Iran, and contemporary Islamic fundamentalist movements.

Seyed Asadollah Athari is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies. He is also a faculty member at the Department of Law and Political Science, Islamic Azad University, Takestan Branch. Dr. Athari's research interests include Middle East issues, Turkey studies, and defense diplomacy.

Kayhan Barzegar is Director of the Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies (IMESS) in Tehran. He is also a faculty member and Chair of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the Science and Research Branch of the Islamic Azad University. Since 2010, he has been a Research Associate at the MIT Center for International Studies. Dr. Barzegar was a Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs during 2007-2011 and a P...

Hossein Daheshyar is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies. He is also a faculty member at the Department of Law and Political Science, Allameh Tabatabaee University. Dr. Daheshyar's research interests include Middle East issues and the U.S. foreign policy.

Mohammad Hossein Hafezian is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies. He is also a faculty member at the Department of Law and Political Science, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch. Dr. Hafezian's research interests include the Middle East issues and women studies.

Mohammad Ali Mohtadi is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies. Mr. Mohtadi's research interests include the Middle East issues and international relations studies.