- John Limbert
John W. Limbert is the charge d'affaires of the
United States embassy inKhartoum ,Sudan . Previously he was the ambassador toMauritania from 2000-2003.Limbert was born in
Washington, D.C. where he attended public school. After high school he went to study atHarvard University , receiving a B.A., M.A. along with a Ph.D. in History and Middle Eastern Studies. Before joining the U.S. Foreign Service, he taught inIran , both as aPeace Corps Volunteer (1964-66) and as a professor atPahlavi University from 1969 to 1972, and speaks Persian fluently. Limbert worked at the American embassy in Iran when it was overrun by students, and spent 9 months in solitary confinement [http://www.cjr.org/issues/2004/6/letter-berkeley-siamdoust.asp] during theIran hostage crisis .Ambassador Limbert currently teaches in the Political Science Department at the United States Naval Academy.
Books
Limbert has written numerous articles on
Middle East ern subjects and has most notably authored the books:*"Iran: At War with History" (Westview Press, 1987).
*cite book | author= | title="Shiraz in the Age of Hafez: The Glory of a Medieval Persian City" | location=Seattle, Wash. | publisher=University of Washington Press | year= | id=ISBN 0-295-98391-4References
* [http://www.state.gov/outofdate/bios/l/49793.htm US State Dept Biography]
ee also
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US-Iran relations
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