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Faraz Firouzi Mandomi

Nov 3, 2026, 6:41 PM

Kurds in Iran: Autonomy in 1979. What in 2026?

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Forty-seven years after Kurdish representatives presented a 26-article plan for self-government, a new coalition has united around self-determination. Yet the constitutional meaning of that demand remains uncertain. The confrontation between Iran, Israel and the United States has brought Kurdish political...

Ashtyako Poorkarim

Oct 30, 2026, 2:07 AM

Israeli Unity and the Independence of Nations

A Strategy to End the Threat from Tehran The reported results of Israel’s election, with 53 seats for Netanyahu’s bloc, 48 for Eisenkot’s bloc, and 19 for the Arab-led parties, have underscored the need for political agreement, although formal certification...

Oct 21, 2026, 6:13 AM

Remembering Epic Battle of Altun Kupri

At Peshmerga Border Post at Qarachuq Mountains

The renowned battle of Altun Kupri, also known as Prde in Kurdish, was fought between Kurdish Peshmerga forces and the Iraqi military, who were assisted by Popular Mobilization forces, also known as Hashd al Shaabi. Despite being severely outnumbered...

Sep 27, 2026, 6:33 PM

Peshmerga all set to become a modern force

At-Peshmerga-Border-Post-at-Qarachuq-Mountains

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraqi-Kurdistan announced that its Peshmerga forces had completed unification. The goal of this unification process was to eliminate the role of the political parties within Peshmerga units. Now all the units of the...

Ashtyako Poorkarim

Sep 3, 2026, 2:11 PM

From Historical Memory to Strategic Partnership

Kurds, Jews, and the Question of Occupied Nations in the Emerging Middle Eastern Order

Sep 1, 2026, 11:19 AM

Israel Needs an Independent Kurdistan as a Strategic Partner

The Middle East is entering another period of strategic consolidation, and Israel should not assume that yesterday’s alignments will protect it tomorrow. Thus, Israel has a long-term strategic interest in the emergence of an independent, territorially coherent and politically...

Alexander Shatkhin

Aug 31, 2026, 6:35 PM

Israel, Greece, Cyprus: A New Check on Turkey

The Eastern Mediterranean is gradually becoming one of the most strategically contested regions in the wider Middle East. What began as cooperation among Israel, Greece, and Cyprus on energy, infrastructure, and diplomacy has increasingly acquired a military and security...

Jul 23, 2026, 5:53 AM

An Iranian Civil War?

The Iranian people will surely have a better future if the country’s Islamist regime falls, right? Well, don’t be so sure. Inasmuch as Iranians deserve to be free of their Islamist oppressors, the fall of the Islamic Republic wouldn’t...

Jul 21, 2026, 6:25 PM

The Story That Changed the Middle East

How a Strategic Narrative Reshaped Iran, Iraq, and the KRG In geopolitics, what governments believe happened often matters more than what actually did. Claims of a US plan to arm Iranian opposition groups through Iraqi Kurdistan have circulated — but...

Ashtyako Poorkarim

Jul 13, 2026, 1:08 PM

Ghassemlou: Murder at the Negotiating Table

The Vienna Negotiating Table: Ghassemlou’s Assassination and Iran’s State Terrorism Thirty-seven years after a Kurdish leader was murdered while negotiating with Iranian representatives, the world has still not fully learned the lesson of Vienna. On 13 July 1989, Dr Abdul Rahman...

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