Sohrab Ahmari

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. 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.