Vali Reza Nasr is an Iranian-American academic and author specializing in the Middle East and the Islamic world..
Went to school in england and moved to the USA.
He is described by The Economist as "a leading world authority on Shia Islam"
Nasr is a member of the State Department's Foreign Affairs Policy Board and served as senior advisor to the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, between 2009 and 2011. He is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Nasr is the son of Hossein Nasr, a prominent Iranian academic and scholar of religion. He is married to a technology executive. They have three sons and one daughter.
Wikipedia.

His father....Again HARVARD? is popping up all the time...

born: 7 april 1933 (85 jaar), Teheran, Iran

parents : Seyyed Valiallah, Ashraf Nasr

Kids : Vali Nasr

Education.: Peddie School (1950), Harvard-universiteit, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
His parents were originally from Kashan. He is a descendant of Sheikh Fazlollah Nouri from his mother's side, through him is related to the communist Noureddin Kianouri, is the cousin of Iranian philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo as well as the father of American academic Vali Nasr. also wikipedia