Hassan Abbasi
Hassan Abbasi (born in 1967) is an Iranian political analyst doctrinologist & strategist, the head of the Center for Doctrinal Analysis, an independent political strategic think-tank in the Islamic Republic and also counter-terrorism advanced study center.
Abassi claims to be a basiji of the Iran-Iraq war, and special forces.[1] However, his involvement in Iran-Iraq war (and claims of his volunteer efforts to defend Iran in war times), has bean disputed by General Ali Shamkhani (the Commander of IRGC Navy during the war). General Shamkhani has said: "If Hassan Abbasi and the likes of him would have ocme to the battleground, we wouldn't have shortage of forces, and the matter [result of the war] would have been different. He was not in the battleground." [2]
Abbasi calls himself a doctor, with a Ph.D. degree, but has always refused to clarify the university from which he graduated or his adviser. He even claims that he has supervised some Ph.D. dissertations, but it has not been confirmed by an independent source. [3][4] Answering questions about his Ph.D. he has said that "Doctorate means Doctrine, meaning someone who can offer Doctrine." [5]
Abbasi also has claimed that The New York Times writes about him "every week" and that the New York Times calls him "the Kissinger of Islam" and the "THE BIG BRAIN STRATEGIC". 'aftabnews' checked the online archive of The New York Times and didn't find any mention of Abbasi in any article. [6]
