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Mehrdad Marty Youssefiani
Expert Topics:
- The state of Iran’s democratic opposition movement and prospects for regime change
- Inside the Pahlavi camp: 15 years advising Iran’s former Crown Prince
- The U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding and what it means for Iran’s future
- Iran after the war: assessing the ceasefire and what comes next
- Kurdish-Iranian relations and the role of the Kurdish Regional Government
- Why Western progressives stay silent on Iranians’ fight for rights
- How Washington should talk about Iran: the regime vs. the Iranian people
- Political consulting for sovereign clients: lessons from advising governments and multinationals
Mehrdad Marty Youssefiani
Director of the Iran Freedom Project, Middle East Forum | Foreign Policy & Middle East Analyst
- Director of the Iran Freedom Project at the Middle East Forum
- Served as senior strategic counselor to Iran’s former Crown Prince, Reza Pahlavi, for 15 years (2000–2015)
- Partner at Marsh Copsey International, advising sovereign clients and multinationals — including the Kurdish Regional Government in Erbil
- Partner and board member of Edward J. Rollins International; previously with Hill & Knowlton Public Affairs Worldwide
- Born in Tehran and raised in Japan; American of Kurdish-Iranian heritage
- Native speaker of Persian and English, proficient in Arabic
- Widely published commentator on Iran policy, with recent pieces on the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding and the post-war ceasefire
- Expert voice on Iran’s democratic opposition, U.S.-Iran relations, and Kurdish-Iranian affairs
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Bio
Mehrdad “Marty” Youssefiani is the Director of the Iran Freedom Project at the Middle East Forum, where he writes and speaks on Iran policy, the Iranian democratic opposition, and U.S.-Iran relations. For fifteen years (2000–2015), he served as senior strategic counselor to Iran’s former Crown Prince, giving him a rare insider’s perspective on the Iranian opposition movement.
A veteran political consultant, Youssefiani has been a Partner at Marsh Copsey International — advising sovereign clients and multinationals, including the Kurdish Regional Government in Erbil — as well as a Partner and board member of Edward J. Rollins International, and previously worked with Hill & Knowlton Public Affairs Worldwide.
Born in Tehran and raised in Japan, Youssefiani is an American of Kurdish-Iranian heritage. He is a native speaker of Persian and English and proficient in Arabic. His recent writing includes analyses of the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding and Iran’s post-war ceasefire.
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