Sohrab Ahmari
American writer and journalist · Iran · On the map · Writers · Born 1985 · age 41
Sohrab Ahmari is an Iranian-born American columnist, editor, and author of nonfiction books. He is a founding editor of the online magazine Compact. He is a contributing editor of The Catholic Herald, and a columnist for First Things.
Sohrab Ahmari is read about 105 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 27 July 2026
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About this person
Previously, he served as the op-ed editor of the New York Post, an editor with The Wall Street Journal opinion pages in New York and London, and as a senior writer at Commentary. Ahmari advocates an isolationist foreign policy and was an advisor to the United States Vice President JD Vance during President Trump's second term. In June 2026, Ahmari flew with JD Vance on Air Force Two to Switzerland for negotiations with Iran, despite having no security clearance.
