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90. Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
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107. Shadia Drury, Canada Research Chair in Social Justice, University of Regina, Canada
108. Ronald Dworkin, Frank Sommers Professor of Law and Philosophy, New York University Law School; Jeremy Bentham Professor of Law and Philosophy at University College, London
109. Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer and the 2003 Nobel Laureate for Peace
110. Umberto Eco, Writer; President of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Umanistici, University of Bologna, Italy
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113. Jon Elster, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
114. Christoph Emmrich, Professor of Historical Studies, University of Toronto at Mississauga
115. Matthew Engelke, Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics
116. Nader Entessar, Professor of Political Science and Law, Spring Hill College
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125. Luc Ferry, Philosopher and former Minister of Education, France
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127. Carlos A. Forment, Professor, Centro de Investigacion y Documentacion de la Vida Publica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
128. James Franklin, Professor of Politics and Government, Ohio Wesleyan University
129. Ralf Fuecks, President, Heinrich Boell Foundation, Berlin, Germany
130. Amir H. Gandjbakhche, Senior Investigator and Chief of Section on Biomedical Stochastic Physics, National Institutes of Health
131. Mark Gasiorowski, Professor and Director of International Studies Program, Louisiana State University
132. William Joseph Gavin, Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern Maine
133. Norman Geras, Professor Emeritus of Politics, University of Manchester
134. Hadi Ghaemi, Human Rights Watch
135. Sasan Ghahreman, Journalist and Publisher, Afra Publishing Co, Toronto, Canada
136. M. R. Ghanoonparvar, Professor of Persian and Comparative Literature, University of Texas at Austin
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138. James C Gibson, Associate Clinical Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Canada
139. Joan Gibson, Professor of Arts and Letters, York University
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144. Anthony Gottlieb, Executive Editor, Economist
145. Ezzat Goushegir, Playwright and Lecturer, DePaul University
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148. Jürgen Habermas, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Frankfurt
149. Saeed Hagh, Security Architect, Symantec Engineering, Australia
150. Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, Visiting Scholar, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
151. Levon Haftvan, Artistic Director, Lemaz Production Co., Canada
152. Ian Hacking, Professeur au Collège de France; Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto
153. Rick Halpern, Bissell-Heyd-Associates Professor of American Studies; Director, Centre for the Study of the United States, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto
154. Egbert Harmsen, PhD Candidate, International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM), Leiden University
155. Gita Hashemi, Lecturer in Humanities and Visual Arts, York University
156. Hormoz Hekmat, Editor, Iran Nameh
157. Agnes Heller, Hannah Arendt Professor of Philosophy, New School for Social Research, New York and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
158. Jessica Henderson, Project Manager of Security and Defense Agenda, Forum Europe, Brussels
159. Susan R. Henderson, Professor of Architecture, Syracuse University
160. Gur Hirshberg, PhD Candidate, Georgetown University
161. Richard P. Hiskes, Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut and Editor of Journal of Human Rights
162. Stephen Holmes, Professor of Law, New York University
163. Peter Hudis, Writer and Editor, News and Letters
164. Lynne Huffer, Department of Women's Studies, Emory University
165. Alice Hunsberger, Lecturer in Islamic Subjects, Hunter College, City University of New York
166. Jana Hybaskova, MEP, EPP / ED, Member of the European Parliament and former Czech Ambassador to Kuwait
167. Hussein Ibish, Senior Fellow, American Task Force on Palestine & Executive Director of the Foundation for Arab-American Leadership
168. David Ingram, Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University, Chicago
169. Brad Inwood, Professor of Canada Research Chair in Ancient Philosophy, University of Toronto
170. Micheline Ishay, Professor and Director of the International Human Rights Program, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver
171. Bruce P. Jackson, President of Project on Transitional Democracies, Washington, DC
172. Mohammad R. Jahan-Parvar, PhD Candidate of Economics, University of North Carolina
173. Michael Jarvis, Assistant Professor of History, University of Rochester
174. Jennifer Jenkins, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Modern German History, University of Toronto
175. Hans Joas, Professor of Sociology, University of Erfurt, Germany
176. Tony Judt, Professor of History and Director of Remarque Institute, New York University
177. Neil Jumonville, William Warren Rogers Professor and Chair of History, Florida State University
178. Mazda Kahnamuyipour, English Literature and ESL Teacher, Toronto
179. Yahya Kamalipour, Professor of Communication; Managing Editor of Global Media Journal, Purdue University
180. Mehrangiz Kar, Human Rights Researcher and Fellow at Carr Center’s Department of Human Rights, Harvard University
181. Kazem Kardavani, Writer and Researcher
182. Persis M. Karim, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, San Jose State University
183. Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, Professor and Founding Director, The Center for Persian Studies, University of Maryland
184. Massoud Karshenas, Professor of Economics, University of London
185. Malavika Kasturi, Assistant Professor of History, University of Toronto
186. Linda Karvinen, Senior Manager of Security and Defense Agenda, Forum Europe, Brussels
187. Homa Katouzian, Editor, Iranian Studies, The Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK
188. Thomas Keenan, Director of Human Rights Project, Bard College
189. Craig Kennedy, President of German Marshall Fund of the U.S.
190. Arang Keshavarzian, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Concordia University
191. Jeffrey Ketland, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, UK
192. El-Farouk Khaki, Refugee and Immigration Lawyer and Secretary General of Muslim Canadian Congress, Canada
193. Mina Khanlarzadeh, PhD Candidate in Physics, Clark University
194. Nasser Khadjenoori, Chief Operation Officer of Source Code Corporation
195. Mohamed Khimji, PhD Candidate in Social and Political Thought, York University
196. Laleh Khalili, Lecturer in Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
197. Shahram Kholdi, Graduate Teaching Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate, University of Manchester, UK
198. Mehdi Khorrami, Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature, New York University
199. Mana Kia, PhD Candidate in History and Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
200. Azadeh Kian-Thiebaut, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Paris VIII
201. Mark Kingwell, Professor of Philosophy, Trinity College, University of Toronto
202. Janos Kis, Professor of Philosophy and Political Science, Central European University, Budapest, Hungry
203. Gavin Kitching, Professor and the Head of the School of Politics and International Relations, University of New South Wales, Australia
204. Eva Feder Kittay, Professor of Philosophy, Stony Brook University
205. Leszek Kołakowski, Philosopher, Fellow of the British Academy; Fellow of the Académie Universelle des Cultures; Foreign Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
206. Joachim Krause, Professor and Acting Director of the Institute for Political Science, University of Kiel
207. Helmut Kremling, Professor of German, Ohio Wesleyan University
208. Grigorijs Krupnikovs, Board member, Latvian Transatlatic Organization
209. Rebecca Kukla, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Carleton University
210. Ludger Kühnhardt, Director of the Center for European Integration Studies, Germany
211. Habib Ladjevardi, Director of Iranian Oral History Project, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
212. Abdol-Karim Lahidji, Lawyer and Vice-President of the International Federation of the Human Rights
213. Ernesto Laclau, Professor of Political Theory, University of Essex
214. George Lakoff, Professor of Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley
215. Vinay Lal, Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies, University of California at Los Angeles
216. Tong Lam, Assistant Professor of History, University of Toronto
217. Stephen N. Lambden, Research Scholar, Ohio University
218. Joanne Landy, Co-Director of Campaign for Peace and Democracy
219. Sandra Lane, Professor and Chair of Health and Wellness, Syracuse University
220. Roland Le Huenen, Professor and Director of Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto
221. Isaac Levi, John Dewey Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Columbia University
222. Rick Lewis, Editor, Philosophy Now
223. Leonard Lewisohn, Lecturer in Persian, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter
224. Jeffrey Librett, Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Oregon
225. Julie Lindhout, President, The Atlantic Council of Canada
226. John Lloyd, Editor, Financial Times Magazine, London
227. Bert Lockwood, Distinguished Service Professor and Director of Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, University of Cincinnati Law School
228. Kenneth Iain MacDonald, Professor of Geography and Program in International Development Studies, University of Toronto
229. Alasdair MacIntyre, Senior Research Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
230. Ali Akbar Mahdi, Professor of Sociology, Ohio Wesleyan University
231. Mojtaba Mahdavi, Lecturer in Political Science, University of Western, Canada
232. Charles S. Maier, Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
233. Richard Manning, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Carleton University
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235. Hamid Marjaee, NGO volunteer and former board member of "FoodShare", "GreenSaver", "East Toronto Green Community", and Regional Council of "the Central YMCA", Canada
236. Gyorgy Markus, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Sydney, Australia
237. Michael R. Marrus, Professor of History, University of Toronto
238. Mehrdad Mashayekhi, Visiting Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University
239. Rudi Matthee, Professor of History, University of Delaware
240. Elzbieta Matynia, Associate Professor of Sociology and Liberal Studies; Director of Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, New School for Social Research
241. Robert W. McChesney, Research Professor of Communications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
242. Bill McKibben, Scholar in Residence, Middlebury College
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245. Farzaneh Milani, Director of Studies in Women and Gender; Professor of Persian Literature and Women Studies, University of Virginia
246. James Miller, Professor of Political Science, New School for Social Research; Editor of Daedalus, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
247. Charles Mills, Professor of Philosophy, University of Illinois-Chicago
248. Kenneth Mills, Professor of History and Director of Latin American Studies at Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto

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250. Nima Mina, Professor of Languages and Cultures of the Near and Middle East, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
251. Yassaman Mirdamadi, Director of Testing Services, University of Arkansas
252. Guive Mirfendereski, Lawyer and Independent Scholar
253. Ali Mirsepassi, Interim Dean and Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University
254. W. J. T. Mitchell, Professor of English and Art History, University of Chicago, and Editor of Critical Inquiry
255. J.J. McMurtry, Lecturer, Business and Society Program, York University
256. Minoo Moallem, Professor and Chair of Women Studies Department, San Francisco State University
257. Fatemeh Moghadam, Professor of Economics, Hofstra University
258. Valentine M. Moghadam, UNESCO, Paris
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261. Afshin Molavi, Author and Journalist
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263. Mahmood Monshipouri, Professor of Political Science, Quinnipiac University
264. Norma Claire Moruzzi, Associate Professor of Political Science and Gender and Women's Studies, University of Illinois
265. Greg Moses, Independent Scholar, Austin, Texas
266. Chantal Mouffe, Professor of Political Theory, University of Westminster
267. Cas Mudde, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of Antwerp
268. Ahmad Kazemi Moussavi, Professor of Islamic Studies, International Islamic University of Malaysia
269. Makau Mutua, Professor of Law and Director of Human Rights Center, State University of New York at Buffalo
270. Negin Nabavi, Fellow at Middle East Center, University of Pennsylvania
271. Steven Nadler, Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
272. Azar Nafisi, Director of the Dialogue Project, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
273. Afsaneh Najmabadi, Professor of History and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University
274. Siamak Namazi, Editor, Iran Strategic Focus
275. Arash Naraghi, PhD Candidate in Religious Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara
276. Mohamad Navab, Professor of Cardiology, University of California at Los Angeles
277. Alexander Nehamas, Edmund N. Carpenter II Class of 1943 Professor in the Humanities, Princeton University
278. Antonio Negri, Political Philosopher, Collège International de Philosophie and the Université Paris I
279. Astrida Neimanis, PhD Candidate in Social and Political Thought, York University
280. Mohammad-Reza Nikfar, Independent Scholar and Philosopher, Cologne, Germany
281. Azam Niroomand-Rad, Professor and President of International Organization for Medical Physics, Department of Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center
282. Mehdi Noorbaksh, Associate Professor of International Affairs, Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
283. Lida Nosrati, Graduate Student of Translation Studies, York University
284. Claus Offe, Professor of Political Science, Humboldt University and Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany
285. Douglas D. Osheroff, Department of Physics, Stanford University
286. Victor Ostapchuk, Associate Professor of Turkish and Ottoman Studies, University of Toronto
287. George Packer, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
288. Michael Palamarek, Instructor at the Department of Sociology, Brock University, Canada
289. Orhan Pamuk, Novelist, Turkey
290. Firoozeh Papan-Matin, Assistant Professor of Persian and Iranian Studies, University of Washington at Seattle
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293. Anja Pistor-Hatam, Seminar für Orientalistik, Universität Kiel, Germany
294. Jean Pedersen, Associate Professor of History, University of Rochester
295. Rick Perlstein, Freelance writer, Chicago, Illinois
296. John Perry, Professor of Persian, University of Chicago
297. Christopher Phillips, Society for Philosophical Inquiry/Socrates Café
298. Jon Pike, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Open University, UK
299. Terry Pinkard, Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University
300. Jo-Ann Pilardi, Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies and Director of Graduate Program in Women's Studies, Towson University
301. Robert B. Pippin, Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago
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305. Danny Postel, Senior Editor, openDemocracy Magazine
306. Moishe Postone, Professor of History, University of Chicago
307. Nina Power, Middlesex University, London, UK
308. Nasrin Qader, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, Northwestern University
309. Sholeh Quinn, Associate Professor of History, Ohio University
310. Emran Qureshi, Wertheim Fellow of Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School
311. Sina Rahmani, Graduate Student, Department of Comparative Literature, University of California at Los Angeles
312. Nasrin Rahimieh, Dean of Humanities and Professor of Comparative Literature and English, McMaster University, Canada
313. Ahmed Rashid, Journalist and Author, Pakistan
314. Ali Rahnema, Professor of Economics, American University of Paris
315. Marcus Raskin, Co-founder and Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies
316. Asghar Rastegar, Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine
317. Jonathan Rée, Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Roehampton University and the Royal College of Art, London, UK
318. James A. Reilly, Professor of Middle Eastern History, University of Toronto
319. Yann Richard, Professeur d'études iraniennes, Institut d'Etudes Iraniennes, Sorbonne nouvelle
320. Thomas M. Ricks, Independent Scholar, Iranian Studies
321. Andras Riedlmayer, Bibliographer in Islamic Art and Architecture, Aga Khan Program, Fine Arts Library, Harvard University; President, Turkish Studies Association
322. Monica M. Ringer, Professor of History and Asian Languages and Civilizations, Amherst College
323. Dona Robati, Poet and Journalist, Shahrvand Publication, Toronto
324. Bruce Robbins, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
325. Trevor John Robertson, PhD Candidate in Social and Political Thought, York University
326. Joel Rogers, Professor of Law, Political Science and Sociology, University of Wisconsin at Madison
327. Richard Rorty, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Philosophy, Stanford University
328. Herbert Roseman, Graduate student in Philosophy, Columbia University
329. Jonathan Rosenbaum, Film Critic, Chicago Reader
330. Jalil Roshandel, Visiting Professor of Political Science, Duke University
331. Jamie P. Ross, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Portland State University
332. David Rothenberg, Professor of Philosophy, New Jersey Institute of Technology
333. Matthew Rothschild, Editor, The Progressive Magazine
334. Barnett R. Rubin, Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York University
335. Bruce Rutherford, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Colgate University
336. Nader Sadeghi, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology/Surgery, George Washington University
337. Shadi Sadr, Human Rights Lawyer, Tehran
338. Farian Sabahi, Professor of Islamic Studies, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
339. Ahmad Sadri, Professor of Sociology, Lake Forest College
340. Mahmoud Sadri, Professor of Sociology, Texas Woman's University
341. Elli Safari, Film producer and director, The Netherlands
342. Marshall Sahlins, Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology Emeritus, University of Chicago
343. Karim Sadjadpour, Iran Analyst, International Crisis Group
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345. Poupak Salimi, IT Consultant , Toronto, Canada
346. Roger Savory, Professor Emeritus of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
347. David Sayer, PhD Candidate in Social and Political Thought, York University
348. Mohsen Sazegara, Visiting Scholar, Yale University
349. George Scialabba, Book Critic, Boston Globe
350. Richard Schmitt, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Brown University
351. Stephen Schlesinger, Director of World Policy Institute, New School University
352. David Schweickart, Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University
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354. Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics
355. Hamideh Sedghi, Associate Professor of Political Science, Villanova University
356. Omid Payrow Shabani, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Guelph, Canada
357. Adam Shatz, Literary Editor, The Nation Magazine
358. Martin Shaw, Professor of International Relations and Politics, University of Sussex
359. Hassan Shaygannik, Professor of International Political Economy, Florida Atlantic University
360. M. Rahim Shayegan, Musa Sabi Assistant Professor of Iranian, University of California at Los Angeles
361. Thomas Sheehan, Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago
362. Amir Soltani Sheikholeslami, Human Rights Activist, Blue Initiative
363. Amir Sheikhzadegan, Lecturer and Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Zuich
364. Scott Sherman, Contributing Writer, The Nation Magazine
365. Faegheh Shirazi, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin
366. Sussan Siavoshi, Professor of Political Science, Trinity University
367. Stefano Silvestri, President of Institute for International Affairs, Italy
368. Marta Simidchieva, Division of Humanities, York University, and the Department of Historical Studies, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Canada
369. Margaret Simons, Professor of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University
370. Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University; Laureate Professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne, Australia
371. Peter Sloterdijk, Professor and Rektor, Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, Germany
372. Monika Smetana, MA Graduate Candidate in Social and Political Thought, York University
373. Jay Smith, PhD Candidate in Social and Political Thought, York University
374. Naghmeh Sohrabi, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies, Brandeis University
375. Ebrahim Soltani, PhD Candidate in Political Science, Syracuse University
376. Lucia Sommer, Artist and Writer, Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester
377. Stanley Crossick, Chairman, Belmont
378. Arian Starova, President of the Albanian Atlantic Association
379. Ilan Stavans, Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture, Amherst College
380. Karsten Struhl, Porofessor of Philosophy, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City Univrsity of New York
381. Zohreh T. Sullivan, Professor of English, Comparative and World Literature, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
382. Adam Sutcliffe, Lecturer in Early Modern European History, King's College London, UK
383. Poopak Taati, PhD in Sociology and Journalist, American University
384. Ara Tadevosyan, Director of Armenian Mediamax news agency
385. Victoria Tahmasebi, PhD in Social and Political Thought, York University
386. Kamran Talattof, Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona
387. Mohamad Tavakoli, Professor of History, University of Toronto; Editor-in-Chief, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Middle East and Africa
388. Charles Taylor, Professor of Philosophy, McGill University, Montreal
389. Abdulkader Tayob, Professor in Social Processes in Modern Islam, ISIM, Radboud University, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Nijmegen, Netherlands
390. Sherman Teichman, Director of Institute for Global Leadership, Tufts University
391. Tzvetan Todorov, Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
392. Chris Toensing, Executive Director of Middle East Research and Information Project, Washington, DC
393. Nayereh Tohidi, Visiting Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Keddie-Balzan Fellow,Center for Near Eastern Studies at University of California at Los Angeles
394. Michael Tomasky, Editor, The American Prospect
395. John Torpey, Professor of Sociology, City University of New York Graduate Center
396. Alberto Toscano, Lecturer in Sociology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, New Cross
397. Nhung Tuyet Tran, Assistant Professor of History, University of Toronto
398. D. Alissa Trotz, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Equity Studies, University of Toronto
399. Sanam Vakil, Professor of Middle East Studies, Johns Hopkins University
400. Mehrdad Valibeigi, Professorial lecturer of Economics, The American University
401. Farzin Vahdat, Post-doctoral Associate, Middle East Council, Yale University
402. Philippe Van Parijs, Professor of Economic and Social Ethics, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium and Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University
403. Haleh Vaziri, Media & Public Researcher, Independent Scholar
404. Dusan Velickovic, Editor and publisher, Biblioteka Alexandria, Serbia & Montenegro, Independent Publishing House, Alexandria Press
405. Andrew Wachtel, Dean of The Graduate School; Bertha and Max Dressler Professor in the Humanities and Director of Center for International and Comparative Studies, Northwestern University
406. Immanuel Wallerstein, Professor of Sociology, Yale University
407. Michael Walzer, Professor of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
408. Victoria Weafer, PhD Candidate in Philosophy, Columbia University
409. Jeff Weintraub, Political Theorist, University of Pennsylvania
410. Cornel West, University Professor of Religion, Princeton University
411. Robert Westbrook, Professor of History, University of Rochester
412. Melissa Williams, Director of Centre for Ethics and Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto
413. Ellen Willis, Professor of Journalism, New York University
414. Richard Wolin, Distinguished Professor of History, Comparative Literature and Political Science, Graduate Center, City University of New York
415. Santiago Zabala, Researcher in Philosophy, Pontifical Lateran University of Rome
416. Krzysztof Zanussi, Professor, Silesian University in Katowice; Film Director and President of "TOR" Film Studio Warsaw
417. Hassan Zerehi, Journalist and Editor in Chief of Shahrvand publication
418. Linda Zerilli, Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University
419. Howard Zinn, Author and Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Boston University
420. Slavoj Žižek, Professor and Senior Researcher of Philosophy and Psychoanalysis, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia


The following signatories of this letter are willing to speak to the media:
Mehrzad Boroujerdi, 315-885-4055
Afshin Mowlavi, 202-299-6429
Karim Sadjadpour, 202-492-5252
Amir Soltani, 514-575-0439
Mohamad Tavakoli, 416-951-2495, [email protected]