Baqer Moin
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Baqer Moin is a BBC
journalist and author. He has been described as "a specialist on Iran
and Islam
and is head of the BBC's Persian Service" (in 1999) and as "BBC's Central Asia specialist" (2001)
According to the American newspaper the New York Times, Moin grew up in Iran, where he learned "Persian and Arabic poetry, mysticism and philosophy from his father, who was trained as a cleric but earned a living as a farmer." Moin studied in the religious seminaries of Mashad in Eastern Iran before becoming a journalist. As of August 27, 2000 he was head of the BBC's Persian service, a broadcast service so influential in Iran that "even Ayatollah Khomeini listened to it".
He is the author of the book Khomeini: Life of the Ayatolla. which the NY Times called "the first serious and accessible examination of the ayatollah's life." Amazon.com
describes him as having written extensively on Islam, Iran and Afghanistan
."
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
journalist and author. He has been described as "a specialist on Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
and Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
and is head of the BBC's Persian Service" (in 1999) and as "BBC's Central Asia specialist" (2001)
According to the American newspaper the New York Times, Moin grew up in Iran, where he learned "Persian and Arabic poetry, mysticism and philosophy from his father, who was trained as a cleric but earned a living as a farmer." Moin studied in the religious seminaries of Mashad in Eastern Iran before becoming a journalist. As of August 27, 2000 he was head of the BBC's Persian service, a broadcast service so influential in Iran that "even Ayatollah Khomeini listened to it".
He is the author of the book Khomeini: Life of the Ayatolla. which the NY Times called "the first serious and accessible examination of the ayatollah's life." Amazon.com
Amazon.com
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describes him as having written extensively on Islam, Iran and Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
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