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'''Wahied Wahdat-Hagh''' (born 20 October 1957) is a German-Iranian neocon scholar based in Berlin. He is a senior fellow with the [[European Foundation for Democracy]] and was previously an approved expert listed by the London based neocon project [[Réalité EU]]. He is also an online contributor with the German conservative daily ''[[Die Welt]]''.

==Background==
[[Image:Die islamische Republik Iran.jpg|thumb|140px|left|Wahdat-Hagh's 2003 book subtitled ''The Rule of Political Islam as a Form of Totalitarianism'']]
Wahdat-Hagh was born in Ludwigsburg, Germany on 20 October 1957. <ref>Welt Online, [http://debatte.welt.de/mitglieder/285/Wahied%2BWahdat-Hagh Debatte > Autoren > Wahied Wahdat-Hagh], accessed 9 July 2009</ref> According to a CV posted in January 2007 Wahdat-Hagh's parents were Iranian and he lived in Tehran for a number of years during his childhood. <ref>Internet Archive, [http://web.archive.org/web/20070506055954/www.realite-eu.org/site/c.9dJBLLNkGiF/b.2268653/k.AA99/Expert_Sources.htm REALITE-EU - Expert Sources, 23 January 2007]</ref> The website of the [[European Foundation for Democracy]] however describes him as 'an Iranian scholar based in Germany', <ref>European Foundation for Democracy, [http://europeandemocracy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=61 The Team], ''EFD Website'', Accessed 03-June-2009</ref> and the first reference to Wahdat-Hagh on the newspaper database Lexis Nexis (in the German daily ''Frankfurter Rundschau'' on 1 April 2003), described him as an author and an Iranian exile. <ref>Von Rolf Paasch, 'Balanceakt auf der "Achse des Bösen"', ''Frankfurter Rundschau'', 1 April 2003</ref>

According to a CV posted in January 2007 Wahdat-Hagh 'holds degrees in political scientist and sociologist [''sic'']' and 'earned his doctorate at the Freie Universitat in Berlin'. <ref>Internet Archive, [http://web.archive.org/web/20070506055954/www.realite-eu.org/site/c.9dJBLLNkGiF/b.2268653/k.AA99/Expert_Sources.htm REALITE-EU - Expert Sources, 23 January 2007]</ref> His PhD disseration which was published as a book in 2003 was titled: 'Die islamische Republik Iran: die Herrschaft des politischen Islam als eine Spielart des Totalitarismus' or 'The Islamic Republic of Iran: The Rule of Political Islam as a Form of Totalitarianism.'

Wahdat-Hagh was previously listed as an approved 'expert' on the neocon website [[Réalité EU]] where he was described as 'an expert on Iran terror, Basiji movement and the recruitment of European terror cells.'

According to his [[European Foundation for Democracy]] 'he writes regular columns in the German media addressing the threat of Iran as well as violations of human rights and minority rights. He is also consulted on a regular basis by media and policy-makers.' <ref>European Foundation for Democracy, [http://europeandemocracy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=61 The Team], ''EFD Website'', Accessed 03-June-2009</ref>
[[Image:Expert Sources-Réalité 1270667456082.png|thumb|right|600px|Screenbrab of [http://web.archive.org/web/20070506055954/www.realite-eu.org/site/c.9dJBLLNkGiF/b.2268653/k.AA99/Expert_Sources.htm REALITE-EU - Expert Sources], from the Internet Archive of 23 January 2007, Captured on 8 April 2010]]
==Affiliations==
:[[European Foundation for Democracy]]
:[[Réalité EU]], former 'Expert Source'

==Notes==
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Jasmin Ramsey: New page: Wahied Wahdat-Hagh '''Wahied Wahdat-Hagh''' (born 20 October 1957) is a German-Iranian neocon scholar based in Berlin. He is a senior fel...