Hugh Hewitt on Fighting Tyranny and Hatred
During Old Testament times, the Israelites were freed from the Babylonian captivity by Cyrus the Great, a Persian or Iranian, observed Hugh Hewitt, “and now we’re seeing Israel defeat Iran.” Among the global “alliance of tyrants”—which includes Russia, China, and North Korea—Iran is “uniquely evil” and “easily the worst regime,” he said.
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Hewitt pointed to Jan. 8 and 9, during which Iran murdered more than 35,000 of its own protesting citizens. Longtime Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in a joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike on Feb. 28, was “very extreme” and “distorted Shia Islam terribly,” Hewitt told audience members.
When asked about the war’s end game, Hewitt said the best-case scenario would involve Iran’s conventional army, the Artesh, splitting from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. Regime change also might come via Iran’s Crown Prince, who has been in exile since the 1979 revolution. But “President Trump doesn’t want chaos” or “civil war” in Iran, Hewitt said.
An “acceptable” outcome of the war, Hewitt said, would involve preventing the threat of nuclear attack by Iran. When asked if the unrest is “worth the [higher] gas prices,” Hewitt answered, “Absolutely.” The broadcaster also urged prayers for U.S. military members and their families, including for loved ones now coping with loss.
Hugh Hewitt on Charlie Kirk, President Trump, and U.S. Politics
While speaking at Colorado Christian University on March 13, Hugh Hewitt also talked about his late Salem Media colleague Charlie Kirk. About first meeting Kirk as an 18- or 19-year-old at a Western Conservative Summit, Hewitt said he was incredibly impressed by the Turning Point USA founder.
“We had our disagreements,” Hewitt said of Kirk, “but I also knew when a comet was coming across the sky. And that’s a comet.” Kirk was “very pro-Israel” and was “saved by Christ,” according to Hewitt. “Charlie had become more of an evangelist than a political pundit” by the time he was martyred, he added.
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Hewitt condemned conspiracy theories about Kirk’s September 2025 assassination, such as those raised by Candace Owens. “I don’t know what’s wrong with her,” Hewitt said of Owens, calling her smear campaign against widow Erika Kirk “obviously unchristian-like.”
