MAR. 1: The Shadow Commander

Soleimani, the U.S., and Iran’s Global Ambitions

Book Talk

Speakers

  • ARASH AZIZI, New York University
  • MEHRZAD BOROUJERDI, Virginia Tech

When

MONDAY, March 1, 2021
12:30-2pm

Where

bit.ly/NYUISI0301

Qassem Soleimani was one of the most powerful men in Iran and the military spearhead for Iranian foreign policy, enacting the wishes of the country’s Supreme Leader in the region. A widely popular but also feared maverick operator, he helped to establish the Islamic Republic as a major force in the Middle East, with interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen. This was a long way from where he began as a youth, living on the margins in a country ruled by a monarch supported by the United States.