Seyed Mohammad Marandi[a] (born 14 May 1966) is an American-Iranian academic, intellectual and political analyst. He is closely linked to the Iranian government.[1][2]Iran International describes him as a "mouthpiece" of the Iranian government.[3][4] He is described on his website as a "prominent Iranian defender of the Islamic revolution".[5][6]
Seyed Mohammad Marandi was born on 14 May 1966 in Richmond, Virginia. He is the son of Alireza Marandi, who would later become Iran's Health Minister and doctor of the Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei.[7] Mohammad Marandi spent the first 13 years of his life in the United States. Following his move to Iran, he volunteered to fight in the Iran–Iraq War and survived two Iraqi chemical weapons attacks.[8]
"I won't be shedding tears for a writer who spouts endless hatred & contempt for Muslims & Islam. But is it a coincidence that just when we are on the verge of revitalising the nuclear agreement, America makes claims about an attempted assassination of Bolton and then this happens?”.[24][25]
Marandi has been noted for not being overly concerned about UN resolutions against Iran. According to a tweet by the Twitter account of reformist daily Shargh posted on 28 December 2021, Marandi stated that
"What will happen if the UN resolutions against Iran are revived? We attach no value to the other side's ultimatums, because nothing is going to happen to us even if they pull out of the JCPOA and activate the trigger mechanism."[27][28]
In 2021, Marandi was accused of making anti-Semitic remarks during a interview with the BBC, which it was criticized for allowing, and which its director later apologized for.[29] Comments by Marandi included accusing Israel of being a "ethno-supremacist" state that is committing a "holocaust" in the Gaza Strip.[30]
British historian and BBC presenter Simon Schama called the BBC "profoundly and appallingly offensive" for allowing Mr Marandi to present his "anti-Semitic abuse about 'chosen people', 'holocaust' in Lebanon etc without challenge".[31]
Written works
"Oppressors and Oppressed Reconsidered: A Shi‘itologic Perspective on the Islamic Republic of Iran and Hezbollah’s Outlook on International Relations" (with Raffaele Mauriello) in Islam and International Relations: Contributions to Theory and Practice, Springer, 2015, pp.50–71.
"The Khamenei Doctrine: Iran's Leader on Diplomacy, Foreign Policy and International Relations" (with Raffaele Mauriello) in Islam in International Relations: Politics and Paradigms, Routledge, 2018, pp.18–38.
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