Marjan Nahavandi ndi membala wa World BEYOND War's Board ndipo ndi waku Iran-America yemwe anakulira ku Iran pankhondo ndi Iraq. Anachoka ku Iran patatha tsiku limodzi "kusiya kumenyana" kuti akapitirize maphunziro ake ku US Pambuyo pa 9/11 ndi nkhondo zomwe zinachitika ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan, Marjan adachepetsa maphunziro ake kuti alowe nawo gulu la ogwira ntchito ku Afghanistan. Kuyambira 2005, Marjan wakhala ndikugwira ntchito ku Afghanistan akuyembekeza "kukonza" zomwe zaka zambiri zankhondo zidasweka. Adagwira ntchito ndi boma, omwe si aboma, komanso asitikali kuti athane ndi zosowa za anthu aku Afghanistan omwe ali pachiwopsezo kwambiri mdziko lonselo. Iye wadzionera yekha kuwonongedwa kwa nkhondo ndipo akuda nkhawa kuti zisankho za atsogoleri amphamvu padziko lonse zipitirizabe kuwononga zinthu zambiri. Marjan ali ndi Masters mu Islamic Studies ndipo pano ali ku Portugal kuyesa kubwerera ku Afghanistan.
