Prior to the recent U.S./Israeli war of aggression against Iran, Larijani led the vicious repression of protests against the theocratic regime. This Haaretz profile is quite interesting, and discusses his work on Kant (email me if you have a link that is not paywalled). The Wikipedia claim that he wrote on Kripke and Lewis appears to be incorrect–although his brother did a PhD in mathematics at Berkeley, and may have written on Kripke. At least some tyrannical regimes are led by butchers who aren’t world-class ignoramuses! I’m sure that means a lot to their victims.
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