Education
B.A. in Politics: National University of Iran (Shahid Beheshti) – 1971
M.A. in European Modern History: University of Keele – England – 1977
Ph.D. in Political Sociology: University of Keele – England – 1982
Academic Teaching
Dept. of History – University of Sistan and Baluchistan (1984- 1993)
Dept. of History – Kharazmi University (1993 - )
Awards
1. The book Mujahedan-e Mashruteh selected as the best historical book of the season by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Winter 2009
2. The book Ijtimaiyuni Amiyun chosen as the best historical book in the sixth Al Ahmad literary award, 2013.
3. The book Ejtemaiyun-e Amiyun announced as the best historical book of the year, 2014.
Scientific Editing
1. An Analytical – Descriptive Bibliography of the Jangal Movement (by Dr. Abbas Panahi, Published by the University of Gilan, 2017)
Participation in internal conferences
1. Conference in the Honor of Professor Abdal- Hahi Hairi (Tehran University - Oct. 2000)
2. “Evaluation of Intellectual and Social Foundations of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution (Tehran University: January 2004)
3. International Conference Commemorating the Centennial of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution (Tehran University: May 2005)
4. International Conference Commemorating the Centennial of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution (Tabriz University: May 2005)
5. The Role of Gilan in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution (Gilan University: February 2012)
6. Re-evaluating the Jangal Movement (Gilan University: December 2014)
Participation in International Conferences
1. “Religion and Society in Qajar Iran” (Bristol University – England) – 2000
2. “Iranian- Russian Encounters: Empires and Revolutions since 1800 “, (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) - 2009
Published Articles (in Persian)
1. “Iranian Contemporary History according to General Sykes”, Nashre Danesh, (Sept. 1987)
2. “The Agrarian and Peasant Questions during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution”, Negahe Nau, No. 8 (June- July 1992)
3. “Political Life of the Founders of Punishment Committee during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution”, Negahe Nau, No. 17 (Nov- Dec. 1993).
4. “National Anjumans during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution”, The Journal of the Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Vol. 4 -5 (Spring
1996 – Winter 1998)
5. “The Idea of Progress in the Economic Article of the Journal Sure Esrafil “”, Faslnameh-ye Farhang va Andisheh, Vol.1, No. 1 (Spring 2001).
6. “Political implication of Dehkhoda’s Charand Parand”, Tarikh, Vol. 4,
No. 4 (2003)
7. “Mujahedan and the Tabriz Resistance”, Faslnameh-ye Tarikh, Vol.1, No.1 (Summer 2006)
8. “On the Party of Ijtimaiyuni Amiyun”, Faslnameh-ye Tarikh, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Winter 2006).
9. “The Tabriz Resistance, Sattar Khan and Mujahedan”, Majmue-ye Maghalat-e Hamayesh-e Mujahedan-e Tabriz (The Collection of Articles Presented in the Conference on the Tabriz Mujahedan), 2014.
10. “The Effects of External Fctors on the Jangal Movement”, Majmue- ye Maghalat-e Hamayesh-e Bazshenasi-ye Nehzat-e Jangal (The Collection of Articles Presented in the Conference on the Re-evaluation of the Jangal Movement) – 2015.
11. “Modes of Peasants Struggle during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution”, Faslname-ye Mardomnameh, No. 1 (Autumn 2016)
Articles in English
1- “Heterodox Intellectuals of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution”, in Robert Gleaves (ed.), Religion and Society in Qajar Iran, London and New York: Routledge Curzon, 2005.
2- “The question of the Iranian Ijtimaiyuni Amiyun Party “, in Stephanie Cronin (ed.), Iranian- Russian Encounters, London: Routledge, 2013.
Books
1. Kasravi va Tarikhe Mashrute-ye Iran (Tehran: Nashr-e Ney, 1997, Forth imprint: 2017)
2. Sur-e Esrafil Nameh-ye Azadi (Tehran: Nashr-e Ney, 2007)
3. Mujahedan-e Mashruteh (Tehran: Nashr-e Ney, 2009)
4. Ijtimaiyuni Amiyun (Tehran: Nashr-e Ney, 2012)
5. Kudetaha-ye Iran (Tehran: Nashr-e Mahi, 2017)