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was educated for ten years at a theological seminary in Qum, Iran. He studied Persian Literature at the University of Allamah Tabatabai, Teheran, and Islamic Studies at the Islamic Institute of Higher Education in Beirut. He received his PhD in Religious Studies from St. Joseph University in Beirut with a thesis on the interaction between Islam and Christianity in the Iran during the Safavid epoch. He presently works as a General Director at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Iran, and is a member of the editorial board for Kitab-I Mah-I Din journal, Iran. Among his publications is a monograph on Contemporary Islamic Thought in Iran (Dar al-Jadid, Beirut, 2000).