\'An excellent contribution to our knowledge of Iran and Soleimani.\' Kim Ghattas, author of Black Wave When the US assassinated Qassem Soleimani, he was one of the most powerful men in Iran. @arash_tehran.
He lives in New York City.
He has written for numerous publications, including the New York Times , Washington Post , Daily Beast , Toronto Star and Jacobin , and several of his book-length translations have appeared in Iran and elsewhere.
About author(s): Arash Azizi is a historian at New York University where he researches the transnational links that tied Iran and the Arab world during the Cold War.
Providing a rare insight into a country whose actions are often discussed but seldom understood, he reveals the Global Ambitions underlying Iran\'s proxy wars, geopolitics and nuclear programme.
Through Soleimani, Arash Azizi examines how Iran came to be where it is today.
But all this was a long way from where he began - on the margins of a nation whose ruler was seen as a friend of the West.
Known as \'the Shadow commander\', he enacted the wishes of the country\'s Supreme Leader across the Middle East, establishing the Islamic Republic as a major force in the region. \'An excellent contribution to our knowledge of Iran and Soleimani.\' Kim Ghattas, author of Black Wave When the US assassinated Qassem Soleimani, he was one of the most powerful men in Iran
