Hassan Abbasi
Hassan Abbasi, is claimed to be one of "strategic adviser" to the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (reference needed) He calls himself the head of an unknown center called Center for Doctrinal Analysis, as a political strategic think-tank in the Islamic Republic. [1]. However, in the official web-page of this center, there are only some of his talks.
Abbasi has strong opinions against concepts like civil society, human rights, and religious pluralism.
In press reports in Western neo-conservative publications, he was reported to have been one of the five Iranian diplomats arrested by United States forces in Irbil, Iraq. This report is false and has been dismissed by him in his talks. Hassan Abbasi was not captured by U.S. forces in Irbil, and is in fact in Iran and is still giving talks at universities throughout Iran on a frequent basis.
Abassi is a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war. He gives talks frequently at universities throughout Iran on various political topics. Mainly, he is invited for talk in universities by Basij, a pseudo-military group, backed by the Iran supreme leader. However, he has not been taken serious by the majority of the students. A European-based Iranian opposition group of political refugees alleges that Hassan Abbasi is a false name. However this claim has never been verified. Abbasi has used his name for decades to give talk in Iranian universities, before and after his media attention.
In one of his speeches he claimed that Iranian strategists have determined, using game theory, that economic sanctions on Iran would result in the price of oil going to $110.00 per barrel, and a military attack on Iran would result in the price of oil reaching up to $400.00 per barrel. Consequently, he argues, any talk in the West of an attack on Iran over its nuclear program is a bluff.
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. He is not faculty member in any universities in Iran.
Quotes
"Our youths who are ready for self-sacrifice will be more effective in striking an enemy than any missiles system" [2]
External links
Doctrinal Analysis for Security without borders (Center headed by Hassan Abbasi)
Pro Abbasi Weblog (Lectures of Hassan Abbasi in Audio & Video Formats)
Hasan Abbasi on the Basij going to Lebanon and creating Hezbollah. A moment of Pride.
Hassan Abbasi English subtitled speech Lebanese Hezbollah is Unique
Hassan Abbasi English subtitled speech entitled The British SAS and SBS are cowards
Hassan Abbasi English subtitled speech entitled Western exploitation of Iran and other Islamic states
Hassan Abbasi English subtitled speech entitled The Purpose of an Islamic Republic
Hassan Abbasi English subtitled speech entitled The destruction of Iraq and Afghanistan by the USA
See also
Said Ghasemi
Notes
- ^ "Iran training suicide squad, paper reports". Toronto Star. Apr 17, 2006. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
- ^ Terrorism: Europe A Target of Iranian Suicide Bombers (AKI) 26 May, 2006