Historian, specialised in the history, politics and cultures of Iran and the Kurds.
(BA; MA; M.Litt.; PhD)
The Expert provides reports on political situations in Iran and the Kurdish regions across Iran and Iraq. As a historian and a country-specific consultant, The Expert specialised in the history and the politics of the Middle East in general and Iran and the Kurds in particular. The Expert is a native speaker of Persian and Kurdish languages and possess valuable historiographical knowledge, as well as political and cultural insights necessary for solving complicated issues which usually involve asylum cases.
The Expert has regularly provided expert reports since 2015 with positive outcomes. He is a registered expert in the UK. As a trained historian with teaching and other academic experiences, and publishing actively, The Expert provides well-researched reports based on objective evidence.
Examples of reports (for 2019 and 2020):
Iran-
Iran’s healthcare; The COVID-19 pandemic; Women in Iran; Healthcare in Iran; Social media activism; Dual nationalities returning to Iran; Kolbering or cross-border trade; Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan; The Baha’i faith; The Green Movement; The Komala Party; ID authentication; language analysis.
Iraq-
Iraq’s healthcare; The COVID-19 pandemic; The security situation in the ‘contested areas’; the economic and political situation in Iraq and KRI; ISIS in Iraq; Post-ISIS Mosul; the (de)Baathification; the opposition in Iraq and IKR; Family feuds and eloping; Tribes and their political and economic power; Land ownership dispute.
BOOK:
The Formation of Modern Kurdish Society in Iran, I.B.T. Tauris (January 2022); https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/formation-of-modern-kurdish-society-in-iran-9780755642243.
For a list of published book chapters and articles, please see https://fiveseas.co.uk/publications
Left wing and other oppositional parties in Iran.
Faith-based organisations in Iran and Iraq.
The Failis
The Baha’is
The Yarsans, Ahle Haq, or Kaka’i