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Mehrdad Marty Youssefiani
Director, Iran Freedom Project
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Profile
Marty Youssefiani directs the Forum's Iran Freedom Project. Born in Tehran and raised in Japan, he is an American of Kurdish-Iranian heritage. He was a partner at Marsh Copsey International, whose clients included the Kurdistan Regional Government, worked at Hill & Knowlton and was senior strategic counselor to Iran's former crown prince from 2000 to 2015.
Summarized from the MEF bio of Mehrdad Marty Youssefiani, read October 4, 2026.
Writes on: U.S. Middle East policy; energy and economy; Iran; Kurdish regions; the United States.
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MEF Work (7)
Bylined pieces published by the Middle East Forum, newest first, 2025 to 2026. Titles are quoted as MEF published them and link to the original on meforum.org.
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2026 (6)
- The U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding Imperils a Democratic Future for Iran
- The Ceasefire Illusion
- Precise Language Matters When Targeting Iran
- Western Progressives’ Selective Silence on Iranians’ Quest for Rights
- Will Trump Try to Cut a Deal with the Islamic Republic?
- Iranian Activists and Civil Society Begin to Converge for a Post-Islamic Republic Order
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