Amir Fakhravar

Secretary General, Confederation of Iranian Students

Amir Abbas Fakhravar is an Iranian dissident, award-winning writer and the recipient of the prestigious Annie Taylor Journalism Award. He is the secretary general of the Confederation of Iranian Students and the president of the Iranian Freedom Institute in Washington, D.C. Currently, Fakhravar serves as a research fellow and visiting lecturer at the Center for the Study of Culture and Security at The Institute of World Politics.