Raz Zimmt

Dr. Raz Zimmt is an expert on contemporary Iran, a researcher at the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies and at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and a former member at the Doron Halpern Middle East Network Analysis Desk (MENAD) at MDC. Dr. Zimmt received his B.A and M.A degrees in Middle Eastern History from Tel Aviv University, and his doctorate in the History of Islam and the Middle East from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.  His dissertation focused on the regional policy of Iran in the Arab world during the 1950s and 1960s.