Mission
The Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmini Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies supports teaching and research on all aspects of Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at Princeton University. We employ a comprehensively interdisciplinary approach to advancing the understanding of the region, with special attention to its role and significance in the contemporary world. Our scholars and students explore a broad range of topics that address the history, politics, economics, religion, literature, art and culture of the region, with a primary focus on the modern states that border the Persian Gulf. Promoting a wide-ranging, inclusive approach, the Center creates and supports productive, innovative research projects that facilitate connections to departments throughout the University and beyond.
Our History

Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani ‘74; and Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani ’80 - Steve Freeman
Since its inception, the Center has grown to become a vibrant, multidisciplinary space in which students, affiliated faculty members and visiting scholars and artists collaborate, share new ideas and collectively advance the world’s understanding of this vital and globally important region.
Related: $10 million gift establishes Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies
Director’s Reports
2013-2014 |
2014-2015 |
July 2015 - Dec. 2016 |
Jan. 2017 - May 2018
Affiliations
The work of our Center is inherently interdisciplinary. As such, we cultivate strategic partnerships with selected scholarly associations.