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Writer: Ahmad Hashemi

April 10, 2013
12:11 pm

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

Anti-Semitism is why the Arab Spring failed

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

By Ahmad Hashemi

January 18, 2013
1:10 am

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

Don’t be fooled: Iran wants the bomb

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

By Ahmad Hashemi

December 13, 2012
2:12 pm

Syria on verge of massacre

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

By Ahmad Hashemi