Professors Jeff Jordan and Alan Hajek write with the following information:

Abbas Khosravi Farsani was until this January, a graduate student in Philosophy, at the University of Isfahan, Iran.  While nearing completion of his PhD dissertation regarding Mackie’s error theory of ethics, Mr. Farsani’s graduate studies were interrupted as he was arrested for political reasons.  He was  immediately expelled from his university, his educational scholarship was revoked, and he was forbidden from seeking a teaching position at all Iranian universities.  Subsequently he had to flee Iran, and is now in Turkey, as a political asylum seeker in a difficult situation. 

In 2006 Mr. Farsani’s completed an M.A. dissertation entitled “The Epistemological and Moral Value of ‘Pascal’s Wager’ in Islamic Resources and Christian Theology: A Critical Survey”.

Mr. Farsani is seeking a graduate position in which he may finish his PhD.  His philosophical interests are ethics, philosophy of religion, epistemology, and political philosophy.  His language competencies are Persian, English, and Arabic, with some knowledge of German, Latin and Greek.

More information about Mr. Farsani's case can be found at these links:

http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2013/01/petition-in-support-of-iranian-philosophy-phd-student.html 

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/treat-abbas-khosravi-farsani-humanely-and-justly.html 

http://amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE13/072/2012/en/c8db5f48-94b3-4615-b55a-3480d6d74e39/mde130722012en.html

http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/iran/report-2013

If you can help Mr. Farsani, with a spot in your program, or if you would like more information from him, please contact him at:  khosravifarsani at gmail-dot-com.