Letter to Rushdie
Subtitle: report on a Harvard conspiracy
By: K.L. Afrasiabi
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Astro's Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Newton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
Subjects: Trials, litigation; Harvard University. Center for Middle Eastern Studies; Harvard University Police Dept.
Description: In this book, Afrasiabi claims that he was targeted by his political enemies at Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies. He asserts that the Harvard Police Department and the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office participated in a vendetta.
Notes: Afrasiabi, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard from July 1989 to June 1990, was arrested on Jan. 17, 1996 for allegedly extorting money from Reza Alavi, a Harvard researcher. Shobhana Rana, Alavi's student assistant, described the alleged extortion to Harvard Police and Afrasiabi was arrested. Charges were eventually dropped; in 1999, Afrasiabi brought an unsuccessful lawsuit against Harvard.