SASAN KARIMI
Affiliations and careers
Assistant professor, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran;
Vice President for Global Affairs at PAIAB institute;
Editor-in-Chief of the specialized quarterly journal PAIAB
Member of Tehran Chamber of Commerce (TCCIM);
Foreign policy and policy-making advisor;
Post-doctoral fellow. Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran
PhD. in Philosophy, University of Tehran
M. Sc. in Philosophy of Science, Sharif University of Technology
B. Sc. in Physics, Shahid Beheshti University
Sampad alumni
About
Born in December 1985 at Toos Hospital in Tehran, I spent my early childhood in western Iran until the age of ten, influenced by my father's professional commitments. I completed my secondary and high school education at Sampad before pursuing a bachelor's degree in Physics at Shahid Beheshti University.
Building on this foundation, I advanced to a master's program in Philosophy of Science at Sharif University of Technology, where I defended my thesis on Political Ethics in Thomas Hobbes' Philosophy under the co-mentorship of Dr. Mostafa Taqavi and Dr. MohammadAli Moradi. Subsequently, I enrolled in a PhD program in Political Philosophy at the University of Tehran, culminating in my 2020 graduation after defending my dissertation titled The Impact of Homogeneity of Domestic and Foreign Policy on the Stability of Political Systems in Middle-Size Powers: A Case Study of Iran (1953-1979) with a Focus on Hugo Grotius' Theory of War and Peace, supervised by Dr. Kazem Sajjadpour.From 2022 to 2024, I completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, under the mentorship of Dr. Javad Zarif. My research centered on Cognitive Problems in Foreign Policy Challenges, emphasizing Iran-U.S. relations during transitional periods in international affairs.
I am currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Contemporary Iranian Studies at the Faculty of World Studies, where I also supervise a number of graduate theses. In addition, I serve as a co-founder and Vice President for Global Affairs at PَAIAB Think Tank, where I am also the Editor-in-Chief of the specialized quarterly journal PAIAB.
Member of SAMPAD alumni assocaition
Member of Shahid Beheshti University alumni association
Member of Sharif alumni association
Member of University of Tehran alumni club
Permanent member of Physics Society of Iran (PSI)
Permanent member of Iranian Political Science Association (IPSA)
Permanent member of Iranian International Studies Association (IISA)
Permanent member of Iranian Association for United Nations Studies (IAUNS)
Permanent and board member of Iranian World Studies Association (IWSA)
Member of Tehran Chamber of Commerce (TCCIM)
Memberships
The Genealogy of the Name Sasan
Here is a Shakespearean-style rendering that preserves the historical and epic register, while making the quoted verses sound like elevated Early Modern English:
In the long and ancient history of this land, the name Sasan hath belonged unto sundry great lords and commanders, both of the Achaemenid and Sasanian houses. Yet he whose name is known above all others is Sasan, the forefather and fountainhead of the Sasanian dynasty.
Dara had a son named Sasan, who survived the wars against Alexander and fled unto India. Thereafter, he caused all his sons, one generation succeeding another, to bear the name Sasan, that the name might be preserved from the ravages of time.
According unto the tale related in the Shahnameh and the Karnamak-i Ardashir-i Babakan, Sasan, a descendant of Sasan, was the son of Darius of the Achaemenid house. In secret he dwelt among the mountains, and earned his days as a shepherd in the service of Babak. Babak, Marzban of the land of Pars, having no son of his own, dreamed for three nights concerning the greatness and kingship that awaited Sasan.
Then Babak inquired of Sasan touching his lineage; and when he had learned of his noble descent, he gave unto him his daughter in marriage. And thus was Ardashir born, who should become the founder of the Sasanian dynasty.
One night, as Babak lay asleep, a dream came unto him:
In sleep there lay Babak, the shepherd-king,
And thus his spirit saw a wondrous thing:
Sasan, astride a mighty elephant,
With an Indian blade held firmly in his hand;
And every man who came before his face
Gave praise unto him, kneeling in his grace.
He made the earth most fair and richly dressed,
And from the sorrowed heart drove grief and unrest.
He dreamed again that one who served the flame
Bore in his hands three fires of deathless name:
As Adar Gushasp, Khordad, and bright Mihr,
All shining like the turning heavens clear.
Before Sasan those three bright fires burned,
And fragrant aloes from each altar turned.
Thereafter the young man spake unto Babak, saying:
“O valiant lord, I am Sasan’s very son,
And grandson to the world-ruling King Ardashir,
Whom men in ancient days did Bahman call;
The glorious son of mighty Isfandiyar,
Whose fame from brave Gushtasp hath passed to us,
A deathless memory throughout the world.”
Dehkhoda and Justi have recorded the name Sasan as bearing the meaning of “a dervish” or “one who dwelleth apart,” a man withdrawn from the world.
In the long and ancient history of this land, the name Sasan hath belonged unto sundry great lords and commanders, both of the Achaemenid and Sasanian houses. Yet he whose name is known above all others is Sasan, the forefather and fountainhead of the Sasanian dynasty.
Dara had a son named Sasan, who survived the wars against Alexander and fled unto India. Thereafter, he caused all his sons, one generation succeeding another, to bear the name Sasan, that the name might be preserved from the ravages of time.
According unto the tale related in the Shahnameh and the Karnamak-i Ardashir-i Babakan, Sasan, a descendant of Sasan, was the son of Darius of the Achaemenid house. In secret he dwelt among the mountains, and earned his days as a shepherd in the service of Babak. Babak, Marzban of the land of Pars, having no son of his own, dreamed for three nights concerning the greatness and kingship that awaited Sasan.
Then Babak inquired of Sasan touching his lineage; and when he had learned of his noble descent, he gave unto him his daughter in marriage. And thus was Ardashir born, who should become the founder of the Sasanian dynasty.
One night, as Babak lay asleep, a dream came unto him:
In sleep there lay Babak, the shepherd-king,
And thus his spirit saw a wondrous thing:
Sasan, astride a mighty elephant,
With an Indian blade held firmly in his hand;
And every man who came before his face
Gave praise unto him, kneeling in his grace.
He made the earth most fair and richly dressed,
And from the sorrowed heart drove grief and unrest.
He dreamed again that one who served the flame
Bore in his hands three fires of deathless name:
As Adar Gushasp, Khordad, and bright Mihr,
All shining like the turning heavens clear.
Before Sasan those three bright fires burned,
And fragrant aloes from each altar turned.
Thereafter the young man spake unto Babak, saying:
“O valiant lord, I am Sasan’s very son,
And grandson to the world-ruling King Ardashir,
Whom men in ancient days did Bahman call;
The glorious son of mighty Isfandiyar,
Whose fame from brave Gushtasp hath passed to us,
A deathless memory throughout the world.”
Dehkhoda and Justi have recorded the name Sasan as bearing the meaning of “a dervish” or “one who dwelleth apart,” a man withdrawn from the world.