Jamshid Barzegar

Jamshid Barzegar
جمشید برزگر
Born	(1971-08-20) 20 August 1971 Hamedan, Iran
Nationality	Austria,Iran
Citizenship	Austria,Iran
Education	Doctorate in political science
Organization	DW
Known for	Journalist, poet, political analyst and writer
Notable work	Running under the sun I robbed myself all the time Like the bird, forget your nest Suspended Papers

Jamshid Barzegar (Template:Lang-fa ), born 20 August 1971 in Hamedan, Iran, is an Iranian poet and writer. He began his job as journalist in 1991, and issued his first book in 1994 and was the editor of the newspaper Hambastegi "همبستگي". It was the last news activity he did in Iran. He published four books on poetry, and published dozens of novels in the field of literary criticism and hundreds of articles in the field of literature and political analysis. He also authored seven documentaries that touched on the life and works of contemporary poets and writers in Iran. He is also the brother of the famous Iranian director and producer, Majeed Barzegar. Since January 2018, Berzger has been head of the Deutsche Welle Persian Service .

Educational background

He graduated in 1990 from the University of Tehran College of Law and Political Science in political science. He obtained his master's degree in 1994 with honors and presented his thesis in the master's title "The non-transformation of politics into a social phenomenon and the emergence of organized armed mobility in Iran" dealing with guerrilla warfare. He received his doctorate in political science in 1992 from the University of Vienna.

Journalism career

From 1991 to 2001, he worked as an editor and journalist for a number of newspapers, and he was also the editor-in-chief of some newspapers and publishing houses. Among the most notable are the Iran newspaper, Gozareshe Rose, Entekhab, Hambastegi, Takapou, Meyar and Karnameh. Since leaving Iran in 2001, he has worked as a political analyst for Iranian affairs and started collaborating with BBC Persian. In 2008 he worked as the head of Radio Farda in the Czech capital Prague, and this Persian-speaking radio follows the United States-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. He also helped design and launch the website of Radio Farda. In 2010 he returned to London and took over the editorial position of the BBC Persian website, and since 2014 he has worked as a political analyst for Iranian affairs. In recent years, he has published hundreds of articles and political analyses.

Literature

Jamshid Barzegar began writing and writing poetry at an early age. His first books were published in 1994 in Tehran. In addition to authorship, Barzegar was active in the field of criticism and literature, and in co-author with some writers in preparing and writing their books. In 1998 he was elected as General Secretary of the Iranian Writers Center. In 1999, he joined the Center. During his career, Berzger made seven documentaries, and also conducted lengthy interviews with Simin Behbahani, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Siavash Kasrai, Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou, Esmail Khoi, Javad Mojabi and Shams Langeroodi.

His most famous works are:

• Running under the sun (Template:Lang-fa)
• I robbed myself all the time (Template:Lang-fa, Tehran
• Like the bird, you will forget your nest (Template:Lang-fa)
• Suspended Papers (Template:Lang-fa ), 2017, London. (In 2000, the Iranian authorities did not permit the publication of this book.)