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Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy is an independent journalist currently based in Iraqi Kurdistan. Twitter: @FazelHawramy

A general view of Palangan village (bottom, C) in Kurdistan province about 660 km (412 miles) southwest of Tehran May 11, 2011. Iranian Shi'ite and Sunni Kurds live in harmony with each other in Palangan, although Sunni is the religion of the majority of the people. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN - Tags: CITYSCAPE SOCIETY RELIGION) - GM1E75C0SHZ01

IRGC masses troops on Iraq border amid rising tensions with Kurdish groups

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Iranian Kurdish Peshmerga members of the Iranian Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDPI) check the damage after a rocket attack inside their headquarters in Koysinjaq, 100 kilometres east of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of eastern Iraq, on September 8, 2018. - At least a dozen members of the Iranian Kurdish rebel group were killed on September 8 in the a rocket attack on their headquarters carried out by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) has carried

Iran missile strike opens door to escalation with Kurdish armed groups

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Thousands left stateless in Iran amid ID card limbo

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

How regional politics is restraining Kurdish militancy in Iran

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Will Iranian Kurds be on front lines of US conflict with Iran?

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Kurdish rebels move to gain US support for operations against Iran

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Iran faces new threat as Kurdish jihadis join IS in Afghanistan

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

The Islamic State in Iran

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Nechirvan Barzani, Prime Minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), speaks during an electoral rally for the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region on April 29, 2018. (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)

Iraqi Kurds look to open new chapter with Iran

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Iraqi Kurds maneuver to get closer to Iran

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

People protest in Tehran, Iran December 30, 2017 in this picture obtained from social media. REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1A0F182720

Iranian Kurds hesitant about joining protests

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

A view of Haj Omran border between Iran and Kurdistan, Iraq October 14, 2017. Picture taken October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari - RC1DF1E5DF00

Iran willing to normalize ties with KRG, but not without change

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)