Deletion of Muhammad Sahimi

Comment: On the contrary, the alleged sensitivity of the subject matter, intimate knowledge of the subject and a background in Iranian politics are what we should '''not''' be taking into consideration in an AfD.  WP:COI is not a standalone deletion criterion - and probably just as well, because it sounds like you have a conflict of interest yourself in this issue - and none of this miscellany has anything to do with relevant policies or guidelines.  That you may have a content dispute is properly handled on the article's talk page, not by attempting to delete the article.  We can only judge whether the subject passes the verifiability and notability bars of ,  and the GNG.  He does.  Done deal
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V||WP:PROF)

Comment: has a GS h index of around 33 so easily passes rof#C1. All the references to papers should be removed from the BLP as unneeded
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Portal (WP:P)