Ahmad Hashemi

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Mar 29, 2023, 8:11 PM

The dire consequences of America’s Iran-friendly strategy

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, at right, shakes hands with Saudi national security adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban, at left, as Wang Yi, China's most senior diplomat, looks on, at center, for a photo during a closed meeting held in Beijing, March 11, 2023. (Luo Xiaoguang/Xinhua via AP)

The Iran-Saudi deal signaled a US exit from the region, augured the rise of a Sino-centric world order, and dealt a blow to the Abraham Accords

Feb 6, 2023, 2:20 PM

Warming Israel-Azerbaijan ties and the Iranian ire they stoke

Relatives and friends mourn near the coffin with the body of Orkhan Rizvan Oglu Askarov, slain security chief of the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran's capital during his farewell ceremony in Baku, Azerbaijan, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. A gunman stormed the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran's capital, killing its security chief and wounding two guards. (AP Photo/Aziz Karimov)

This secular Muslim country is Israel and the West’s valuable ally in pushing back against Iran, Russia, and Islamist terrorism

Apr 9, 2013, 5:52 AM

Anti-Semitism is why the Arab Spring failed

An Egyptian protester holds an anti-Israel slogan near the Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

To reach genuine democracy, writes a former Iranian foreign ministry employee now in Turkey seeking political asylum, Muslim countries must confront their dismal treatment of Jews and view Israel as a role model

Jan 17, 2013, 12:40 AM

Don’t be fooled: Iran wants the bomb

The author, Ahmad Hashemi, with President Ahmadinejad and Azerbaijani cleric, 2011 (photo: Iranian President's website)

I was there when regime leaders made clear they're determined to attain nuclear weapons, says Tehran's former foreign ministry translator

Dec 13, 2012, 12:09 PM

Syria on the verge of massacre: the world must intervene

As Iran and Russia help pave the way for Assad to commit full-scale genocide, the world must intervene

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Ahmad Hashemi is a research fellow at the Hudson Institute. Follow him on Twitter @MrAhmadHashemi.