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Fuad Mariwan*

Apr 28, 2026, 1:44 PM

Trump’s reckless rhetoric endangers Iranian Kurds

A female Kurdish fighter from the Iranian Kurdish armed faction Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) passes a poster of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), at a site near the Iraqi border with Iran in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on March 8, 2026. (Photo by AFP)

By accusing us of stealing guns meant for Iranian protestors, the US has abandoned the Kurdish people and turned us into potential cannon fodder – again

Feb 18, 2026, 5:10 PM

How Iranian monarchists sold the uprising to buy a deal for Trump

The US and Israel have spent years cultivating a Reza Pahlavi-led opposition, which offered no governable alternative and suffocated the only viable alternative

Jan 27, 2026, 7:39 PM

The tragedy of squandered courage: When the ‘street’ outpaced the leader

In this frame grab from footage circulating on social media shows protesters dancing and cheering around a bonfire as they take to the streets despite an intensifying crackdown as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world, in Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2026.(UGC via AP)

Reza Pahlavi dragged people to the streets but had no plan for what to do after that

Jan 5, 2026, 12:00 PM

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The push for monarchism denies Iran’s multi-ethnic future

A woman carries a basket of pomegranates above her head as musicians from the Kurdish western region of Iran play Daf, a hand-held Persian drum, in a public celebration of the ancient feast of Yalda, at the Saadabad Palace in northern Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A truly democratic Iran cannot be built on the forced assimilation of Kurds, Baluchs, Arabs, and Turks; it must stand on a voluntary federation of equals

About Me

Born in Marivan, in Iran’s Kurdistan province, the author is a PhD student in sociology in Tehran. *He publishes under the name Fuad Mariwan, a pen name adopted for safety reasons.