Nader Hashemi

1966-

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Priority will go to defence, rebuilding Iran’s drone and missile capacity, supporting the [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] and reconstituting Iran’s alliances,
Right now, the Axis is at [the] weakest that it has ever been since its formation,
Iran’s redlines are control over the Strait of Hormuz, its missile/drone program, and its nuclear program. I cannot see them making any major concessions on these items.”
He’s been all over the place,
If true, it's a major development. He was the most powerful person in the regime. I strongly suspect his death was anticipated and a successor has already been selected. Khamenei wanted to die this way, a martyr at the hands of his arch enemies.”
  • Nader Hashemi, a Georgetown University professor and co-editor of The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran's Future, told Newsweek in an email statement Saturday
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Regime change is goal but the second-best option for the US and Israel is state collapse. The aim is to turn Iran into another Lebanon or Syria where the state can no longer effectively exercise control over within its own territory or project power beyond its borders."
  • Nader Hashemi, a Georgetown University professor and co-editor of The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran's Future, told Newsweek in an email Saturday
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