Ahmad Hashemi, Former Iranian Foreign Ministry Interpreter Freelance Journalist: Foreign Ministry employee

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Ahmad Hashemi was born in the conservative city of Qom. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science at the University of Tehran and has a Master’s Degree in American Studies from the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s School of International Relations.

In January 2008, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as anEnglish, Turkish and occasionally Arabic interpreter. When the popular uprising began in 2009, he was actively involved in the pro-democracy Green Movement protests. In early 2012 he nominated to run for parliamentary election but was disqualified by the Guardians Council.

For this and other reasons, he was summoned and dismissed from his job in May 2012.

From early May 2012, he began to contribute articles for the leading reformist dailies such as Shargh and Etemaad newspapers.

Currently, Ahmad Hashemi resides in Washington DC area and in his work as a writer and freelance journalist, he contributes to Persian-language and international media. Ahmad Hashemi can be reached at AHMADHASH (at) GMAIL.COM

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Former Iranian Foreign Ministry Employee, Iranian Independent/ Freelance Journalist

.احمد هاشمی مترجم و کارمند سابق وزارت امور خارجه جمهوری اسلامی ایران. دارای تحصیلات کارشناسی علوم سیاسی از دانشگاه تهران و کارشناسی ارشد دشمن شناسی! یا به تعبیر آکادمیک "مطالعات آمریکا" از دانشکده روابط بین الملل وزارت خارجه بوده و به زبانهای انگلیسی، عربی، ترکی و فارسی تسلط و آشنایی و بضاعت اندکی در مطالعه و تحقیق و دستی در نوشتن ( روزنامه های شرق، اعتماد، همشهری، باشگاه خبرنگاران، فصل نامه سیاست خارجی و ...) دارم. به دلیل مشکلات و تهدیدهای عدیده ای که به خاطر آزادمنشی و باور به گفتمان "لیبرال دموکراسی، نه یک کلمه کم نه یک کلمه زیاد" با آنها روبرو شدم عطای ماندن را به لقایش بخشیده و جلای وطن کردم ahmadhash@gmail.com www.facebook.com/ahmad.hashemi1356

Ahmad Hashemi, Former Iranian Foreign Ministry Interpreter Freelance Journalist

21 September, 2012

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