Word: alavi
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...write in response to yet another irresponsible Crimson news article, the piece on Friday, April 19, concerning the dropping of criminal charges for want of evidence against one Kaveh Afrasiabi, accused inter alia of threats against Mr. Reza Alavi, research associate of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and organizer of its Iranian studies seminar. While I have no direct knowledge of the court proceedings in question, we have more than once reviewed Mr. Afrasiabi's wholly unfounded charges of persecution against the Center and its members. We have not wanted to dignify these charges with a response...
...February 8 issue of The Crimson reported that Alavi originally suggested that Afrasiabi might be the extortionist after hearing Rana's description of the man she met at the cafe...
According to a police report, the extortionist pledged to kill Alavi if he or she was not given $500. After meeting at Au Bon Pain a number of times with Rana, the extortionist returned the money with a letter of apology...
...Alavi said he is not positive that Afrasiabi was involved in the extortion. "I really can't say [whether he was guilty or not]," he said. "I didn't see him write those letters...
Afrasiabi said he plans to file a civil suit in Suffolk County Court next week against the University, Alavi, Mottahedeh, Rana and the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD...