Fereydun Vahman

Fereydun Vahman is Professor Emeritus at Copenhagen University with more than forty years of teaching and research in Iranian religions and languages. He is the author of numerous books in Persian, English, and Danish. Professor Vahman is a founder of the Danish-Iranian Society, introducing Iran’s culture and art to the people of Denmark. Professor Vahman was a Yale Iranian Studies Fellow in 2003, 2004, and 2013. He is the editor of the Religion and Society in Iran series. Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 he has been a leading voice defending the rights of Baha'is.