Iranian thinker
Hassan Fereshtian
Hassan FereshtianLaw and Religious StudiesIranian
Life and Thought
Hassan Farshtian (born 1963) is an Iranian jurist and religious studies scholar working in the fields of comparative law, jurisprudence, and religious studies. He has published numerous works on civil law, social issues in Islam, and translations of religious and political texts.
Hassan Farshtian was born in 1963. He completed his seminary education up to the level of ijtihad in Qom while simultaneously studying at the Faculty of Law of the University of Tehran. He then earned a doctorate in law and a doctorate in political studies in France, and while practicing law in Paris, he continued his research and writing.
His scholarly activities are concentrated in three areas: religious studies, legal studies, and political studies. His authored works include "Spousal Maintenance: A Comparative Study of Iranian Civil Law and Other Legal Systems" and contributions to the book "Euthanasia: Dying with Dignity and Its Challenges." He has also translated works such as "Globalized Islam" by Olivier Roy and "The Struggle of Lebanon's Reformist Scholars against the Distortions of Ashura" into Persian.
In his articles and interviews, Farshtian has addressed topics such as women's rights, minority rights, contemporary jurisprudential issues, and critiques of certain judicial rulings, and his critical views have occasionally drawn reactions in domestic media.
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