Ramyar Hassani

Ramyar Hassani has worked as a human rights observer and journalist in Colombia, Iraq and Greece. In the past three years he has been working with refugees in Greece. Born in Iranian Kurdistan, he was exiled and now lives in Norway. You can follow him on Twitter at @RamyarHassani or email him at Ramyar.hassani@gmail.com.

General view of the debris of the Ukraine International Airlines, flight PS752, Boeing 737-800 plane that crashed after take-off from Iran's Imam Khomeini airport, on the outskirts of Tehran, Iran January 8, 2020

Ukrainian plane crash: Human error or strategic operation?

Palestinian flags waving in West Bank 370

The peace activists who fuel the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Iraqi Kurds wave flags of Iraqi Kurdistan during a demonstration

Iranian Kurdish parties must carry out fundamental changes


What the Kurds of Iran and Iraq should learn from Kurds in Syria

I remember the day before the US-led air-strikes began.

Kurds in Erbil, Iraq, on the day of the independence referendum on September 25, 2017.

Iranian regime, fragile as eggshells

Tehran has reached the conclusion that this time a mere one or two days of pro-government demonstrations cannot extinguish the fire lit by the excessive pressures imposed on public.

Iranian protesters in the streets of Tehran

Netanyahu’s speech about the Iranian wrestler touched important issue

The Islamic Republic of Iran has been the one politicizing sport and has used it to achieve political objectives.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference in Jerusalem

Has the US’s enhanced containment policy toward Iran failed?

To put it simply and bluntly, the US has to stop supporting a wrongdoer to stop another wrongdoer.

TURKEY’S PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani in Sochi.

What if Iran had spent the money on natural disaster relief fund?

Since the 1979 revolution, the Islamic Republic of Iran has given millions of dollars in aid to terrorist organizations.

IRANIAN PRESIDENT Hassan Rouhani walks down aircraft steps as he arrives at Kermanshah near the areas worst hit by the earthquake.

Unaccompanied refugee minors who were forced to fight in Syria

“I attended school until 5th grade and then had to leave due to various obstacles, such as being breadwinner of the family. I want to continue my school and live a normal calm life.”

People stand near near rubble of damaged buildings in the northern Aleppo countryside in Syria in December 2016

Dealing with unaccompanied refugee minors who were forced to fight in Syria

As in other sectarian wars, the main actors in the Syrian war target and exploit vulnerable groups, such as minors.

ISIS Footage Shows Bosnian Children in Syria