Dr Assad Homayoun

Dr Assad Homayoun is increasingly well-known as the articulate leader of Iran�s exiled nationalist opposition, as head of the Azadegan Foundation, an umbrella organization which supports democratic change in Iran.

Dr Homayoun, who appears regularly on Iranian radio and television �  broadcast from abroad � as well as in the US media, is a former senior Iranian diplomat currently residing in the United States. He was n charge of political affairs at the Iranian Embassy in Washington DC for 12 years and, just before the revolution, was Charg� d'Affairs in charge of the Embassy.

For the past 20+ years, Dr Homayoun has provided advice and counsel to many opposition groups in exile. He helped organize the Azadegan movement, headed by the late General, Dr Bahram Aryana, who mounted a campaign to topple the fundamentalist administration in Iran, but died in exile.

In recent years, Dr Homayoun has substantially increased his political activities by sending political, social and cultural messages to the people inside Iran. He is currently President of the Azadegan Foundation (a movement for the liberation and freedom of the Iranian people) and editor of Focus on Iran.

Dr Homayoun earned his PhD in International Relations at George Washington University in Washington DC and served as a Professor there. He is the author of many articles on international, Middle Eastern and Iranian affairs in Strategic Policy, Defense & Foreign Affairs, Global Affairs and The Washington Times. He is a Senior Fellow at ISSA.