#  Roy Mottahedeh '60, Pioneering Middle East Scholar Who Sought to Bridge US-Iran Divide, Dies at 84 

 





August 12, 2024

 

 

 Roy P. Mottahedeh '60, a longtime professor of Islamic history at Harvard and past Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, died at the age of 84 on July 30. [Read a look back at his life and career in the Harvard Crimson](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/8/12/roy-mottahedeh-dies-islamic-history-professor/).



 

 

 



 

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