Maziyar Ghiabi

Maziyar Ghiabi is an Iranian writer and associate professor of social sciences and medical humanities at the University of Exeter, where he directs the Centre for Persian and Iranian Studies. He is the author of "Drugs Politics: Managing Disorder in the Islamic Republic of Iran" and co-author of "States without People: Revolt and Defeat in the Middle East" with Billie Jeanne Brownlee.