Baqer Moin () is a

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journalist and author. He has been described as "a specialist on

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and

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and is head of the BBC's Persian Service" (in 1999)From Khomein
/ref> and as "BBC's Central Asia specialist" (2001). According to the American newspaper ''

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'', Mr. Moin grew up in Iran, where he learned "Persian and Arabic poetry, mysticism and philosophy from his father, who was trained as a cleric but earned a living as a farmer." Mr. Moin studied in the religious seminaries of

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in Eastern Iran before becoming a journalist. As of 27 August 2000 he was head of the BBC's Persian service, a broadcast service so influential in Iran that "even Ayatollah Khomeini listened to it".The People's Shah By ELAINE SCIOLINO, August 27, 2000
/ref> He is the author of the book ''Khomeini: Life of the Ayatolla.'' The NY Times called the book "the first serious and accessible examination of the ayatollah's life."

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describes him as having written extensively on Islam, Iran and

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."About the author
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