Biography
Kaveh Lotfollah Afrasiabi, born in 1958, is an Iranian American political scientist and author based in Massachusetts. Federal agents arrested him in January 2021 and accused him of acting as an unregistered agent of the Iranian government. Afrasiabi denied the allegations and represented himself while the case remained pending. President Joe Biden pardoned him on September 18, 2023 as part of a prisoner agreement with Iran, ending the prosecution before trial.
