Tabatabai

As a member of the Iranian intellectual circle, the author of Introduction To The History of Political Thought in Iran and a former professor of philosophy at the University of Strasbourg, Tabatabai is perfectly qualified to judge The X Factor.

The dream X-Factor judges panel 2011

One was carried out by a black American convert to Islam called David Belfield, or Dawud Salahuddin, who was recruited to kill the former Iranian Embassy press attaché and vocal regime critic Ali Akbar Tabatabai in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1980.126 He dressed up as a mailman to get close to his target and has lived unhappily as a fugitive in Tehran ever since.

Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010

Though Tabatabai did deliver a new peace plan to U.S. officials in West Germany, the initiative unraveled when Iraq's Saddam Hussein invaded Iran in mid-September 1980.

Who to Trust on a Truth Commission? 2009

These masses are not our sort -- not the Nafisi or Bina or Tabatabai sort, the sort who have names like Cyrus and Darius rather than Mohammad, but the sort who actually make up the masses of Iranians that those upper-class secularized Iranians in exile still can't quite recognize or allow themselves to understand, because it would be too painful.

OPEN THREAD. 2009

Though Tabatabai did deliver a new peace plan to U.S. officials in West Germany, the initiative unraveled when Iraq's Saddam Hussein invaded Iran in mid-September 1980.

Printing: Who to Trust on a Truth Commission? 2009

(In an earlier 1996 interview with ABC News, Salahuddin also confessed to the Tabatabai murder, declaring: "All governments kill traitors, and all governments, if they can, kill people who are making strong attempts to overthrow them.")

The Case Of The Missing Agent 2007

To a large extent, Tabatabai owed his successful career to Israel.

The Secret War with Iran Ronen Bergman 2007

Following instructions from Tehran, it was Tabatabai who would later push for the abduction of two Israeli soldiers by Hizballah that led to the war in the summer of 2006.

The Secret War with Iran Ronen Bergman 2007

Tabatabai, who had served as a press officer during the regime of the deposed Iranian Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, had become an outspoken opponent of Iran's new leader, Ayatollah Khomeini.

The Case Of The Missing Agent 2007

Salahuddin disguised himself as a mailman making a special delivery, and then shot Tabatabai on the doorstep of his home when he came to sign for the package.

The Case Of The Missing Agent 2007