Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh: key obituary facts
Is Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh dead? Yes. Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh died on October 15, 2026, at age 80.
Cause of death: Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh known for?
He was an Iranian academic (1946-2026).
More about Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh
Born: 9 February 1946.
Place of birth: Nur County.
Gender: male.
Occupation: historian, geographer, writer, political scientist, university teacher.
Nationality: Iran.
Education: SOAS, University of London.
Employer: University of Tehran.
Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh, an Iranian political scientist and historian, died October 15, 2026, aged 80.
Born in Nur, Iran, on February 9, 1946, he became known for work on Iran and the geopolitics of the Persian Gulf. He taught geopolitics at Tarbiat Modares University, the University of Tehran and Shahid Beheshti University between 1999 and 2014.
In 2014, he was dismissed from Tarbiat Modares University after expressing views opposed to the Islamic regime, according to the biographical account provided. Mojtahedzadeh also served as an adviser to the United Nations University. His research and writing addressed the Persian Gulf region and modern debates in international relations; he published more than 20 books in Persian, English and Arabic. He earned a Ph.D. in political geography from the University of London in 1993. His academic affiliations included membership in the British Institute of Iranian Studies from 1993 and the Academy of Persian Language and Literature from 2004.