 He organized the Iranian National Front in Exile in New York in the late 1950s and helped in the formation of the Confederation of Iranian Students.While in exile, he taught at the New School of Social Research in New York City and at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey.After the fall of the Shah in 1979, Shayegan returned to Iran and was mentioned as a possible candidate for the Presidency.