Ashkan Hashemipour | اشکان هاشمی‌پور

dphil asian and middle eastern studies @uniofoxford | formerly @uchicago and @sciencespo

[Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arash_tehran]

Excellent new work

[Ashkan Hashemipour | اشکان هاشمی‌پور @ashhashe]

@arash_tehran Thank you Arash!

[Ashkan Hashemipour | اشکان هاشمی‌پور @ashhashe]

My article in @IJMES1 on a lesser-known history of Iranian-Palestinian relations. It traces how informal ties between Fatah and the Iranian Mojahedin emerged in the early 1970s, how they evolved, and their impact through the revolution and Iran-Iraq War.
https://t.co/E3hpbwWGYX

[Ashkan Hashemipour | اشکان هاشمی‌پور @ashhashe]

@matthew_petti Gotta be Ghasseminejad

[Ashkan Hashemipour | اشکان هاشمی‌پور @ashhashe]

Wow... Per @amwajmedia Ali Khamenei reportedly wrote in his will that his son should not succeed him, and he fell out with Hossein Taeb years ago because of this. But Taeb used the post-assassination chaos to lobby clerics on the AoE to bypass the will and push for Mojtaba

[Mohammad Ali Shabani @mashabani]

NEW: Unique look at Mojtaba Khamenei's reshuffle at the top of #Iran's military establishment. Multiple informed political sources outline to @amwajmedia how it has less to do with a change in military doctrine vs. consolidation of power.

- Exceptional detail on the significance of Hossein Taeb's return as head of Basij, his role in Mojtaba's anointment, and how/why Ali Khamenei had sidelined him.

- How Ali Khamenei's demise (and longstanding grudge) paved the way for ex-IRGC chief Mohsen Rezaee's rise to become national security advisor under Mojtaba.

- How the Mojtaba-Vahidi-Qalibaf-Taeb dynamic lies at the heart of the ongoing efforts by competing networks of power to establish dominance.

[Ashkan Hashemipour | اشکان هاشمی‌پور @ashhashe]

Thanks so much @arash_tehran ! For anyone interested, in reading, it's available open access here: https://t.co/mOULoejlwh

[Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی @arash_tehran]

More great historical work from Ashkan Hashemipour @ashhashe who is a true rising star of the field

[Esfandyar Batmanghelidj @yarbatman]

"We just wanted to make people happy… Our people deserve the best in this world, we just wanted to bring a tiny bit of joy into their hearts."

This is a great essay by @ashhashe on the fight over the meaning of Team Melli, Iran's national team.
https://t.co/bMPODKX6nu

[Alex Shams @alexshams_]

"As Team Melli prepared for the World Cup, it found itself increasingly caught up in the political turmoil engulfing Iran.

Protests had been repressed by the government, and the team’s captain was excluded from the squad.

The year was 1978."

https://t.co/sDvby30hvD

[Ashkan Hashemipour | اشکان هاشمی‌پور @ashhashe]

My piece on Team Melli for @AjamMC

https://t.co/PGNm5cviVa

[Ajam Media Collective @AjamMC]

Iranians have rallied behind Team Melli for decades. So why did they recently become the target of political campaigns?

In Ajam's latest, Ashkan Hashemipour traces the delegitimization campaign.

Despite the noise online, he argues, Team Melli remains a source of unity.

[BIPS @BIPS_Britac]

#REPORT | We are pleased to highlight the work of Ashkan Hashemipour, a PhD student at the University of Oxford and recipient of a BIPS 2026 Travel Grant.

👉Read the report here: https://t.co/xKKYqduXYB

#BIPS #workshop #research #iran