Fadhil Rassoul (; 19471989) was an academic at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...

. He was born in

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and was assassinated by the Iranian government in Vienna together with

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while acting as mediator. In the late 1970s he moves from Kurdistan to Beirut and works at a center called Center for Palestinian Studies. In 1980 he moves to Vienna where he complets his PhD in 1985. At the time of his assassination he was the editor of Algerian magazine El Hiwar (The Dialogue) by

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, former president of Algeria who is also reported as a friend of his. He is better known amongst Arabic readers as his works are in Arabic. He is best known for his book titled "This is how

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spoke" written in Arabic. He is said to have completed his PhD in Berlin in 1985 with the title: "Superpower Policy and Freedom Struggle - Kurdistan and Soviet Middle East Policy" and also reported as being a researcher at "Austrian Institute of International Relations" and in other sources as a freelancer at the same institute. He is known to have been a left leaning academic but goes through a radical change to become a moderate Islamist and starts befriending Islamic scholars.

Books

In Arabic

* من تاريخ الحركة الثورية في إيران - دار الكلمة للنشر بيروت 1979 * هكذا تكلم علي شريعتي - دار الكلمة للنشر بيروت 1987

In German

* Irak-Iran: Ursachen und Dimensionen eines Konflikts -Böhlau - 1987 * Grossmachtpolitik und Freiheitskampf: Kurdistan und die sowjetische Nahost-Politik - Junius – 1988 * Kultureller Dialog und Gewalt. Aufsätze zu Ethnizität, Religion und Staat im Orient – Edition M - 1991{{Cite book , title=Kultureller Dialog und Gewalt. Aufsätze zu Ethnizität, Religion und Staat im Orient : Fadil Rasoul: Amazon.de: Books , id={{ASIN, 3900370826, country=de

References

Kurdish politicians Assassinated Kurdish politicians 20th-century Kurdish people 1947 births 1989 deaths Politicians assassinated in 1989