Journalists Who Cover War on Iran

Zaheer Abbas

Mandi Bahauddin, Pakistan

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Zaheer Abbas is a journalist based in Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab, Pakistan.

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Zahir Abbas Sial has been reporting for Dawn News (TV) since 2011. His coverage spans investigative reports, crime, and social justice issues across multiple Punjab districts.

Nawal Al-Maghafi

Sana'a, Yemen

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Nawal Al-Maghafi is a journalist based in Sana'a, Yemen.

Amira Arasteh

London, United Kingdom

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Having started gathering experience at fashion magazines from the age of fifteen, Amira has always had both a passion for writing and the publishing industry. Internships at GQ Style and River Island, both styling, writing and discussing strategies fuelled this interest. The last year was spent ...

Alessandra Bajec

Istanbul, Turkey

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Alessandra Bajec is an independent journalist with nearly 15 years of experience reporting across the Middle East and North Africa. She has reported from Tunisia, Egypt, the Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Iraq, and beyond. Her reporting has appeared in international outlets including The New ...

David Bergman

Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Journalist based in Dhaka, Bangladesh for the last ten years writing for various international media including Al Jazeera, the Daily Telegraph, Scroll.in, New York Times. Previously, worked for Bangladesh newspaper, New Age, and as a TV documentary producer in the UK, and produced radio packages ...

Paul Cochrane

Udine, Italy

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Paul Cochrane is a freelance journalist based in Udine, Italy. He lived in Beirut, Lebanon from 2002 to 2019, and in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa from 2019 until 2024.

He has written for over 80 publications worldwide, covering financial crime, business, higher education and skills developments, ...

Khaled Diab

Brussels, Belgium

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Khaled Diab is an award-winning freelance journalist, blogger and writer who is currently based in Belgium. He has previously been based in Tunis, Jerusalem, Brussels, Geneva and Cairo. 

Khaled writes for leading publications in Europe, the Middle East, the United States and Asia. He also produces ...

Umar Farooq

Istanbul, Turkey

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Umar Farooq is a journalist based in Istanbul, Turkey.  He reports regularly for the Los Angeles Times from the region.  In the past year, his work has also appeared in Foreign Affairs, National Geographic, The Guardian, Boston Review, and The Nation.  

He received a Pulitzer Center Crisis ...

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Berlin, Germany

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Ali Fathollah-Nejad is a political scientist based in Berlin, Germany.

Nazila Golestan

Paris, France

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Nazila Golestan is an Iranian-French geopolitical analyst, investigative journalist, editorial producer and documentary filmmaker based in Paris.

With over 16 years of experience in investigative journalism, editorial coordination and international media production, her work focuses on Iran, the ...

Erin Hale

Taipei, Taiwan

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Erin Hale is a journalist based in Taipei.

David Hutt

Prague, Czech Republic

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A freelance political journalist, columnist, commentator and editor...

David Hutt is a political journalist based between the Czech Republic and Britain. He focuses on European foreign policy, Central European politics, and relations between Europe and Asia. He is also an expert on Southeast ...

Mohammed Ali Kalfood

Aden, Yemen

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Mohammed Ali Kalfood is a seasoned journalist based between Sana'a and Hodeidah, Yemen, with a keen focus on the humanitarian and political dimensions of the ongoing conflict in his country. His in-depth reporting has been pivotal in bringing to light the severe consequences of the war, including ...

Ayanangsha Maitra

Kolkata, India

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With over 5 years experience in Print and Digital media, I've been covering issues on/in Indo-Bangladesh border, Drug Smuggling, Border Security etc for media as well as global research organization. 

As the Senior editor of New Delhi based The CEO Magazine ( and the group's other publication), ...

Charles Maynes

Moscow, Russia

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Charles Maynes is a journalist and radio producer currently based in Moscow, Russia. His news reporting and features can be heard on various public broadcasters worldwide, including PRI’s 'The World’, This American Life, 99% Invisible, Radiolab, Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything, CBC Canada, ...

Agus Morales

Barcelona, Spain

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Agus Morales is a journalist based in Barcelona, Spain.

Matthias Raynal

Tunis, Tunisia

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Matthias Raynal is a freelance journalist based in Tunis, Tunisia. Correspondant of the French Radio RTL in Tunisia.
He writes also for French newspapers and websites.

Anna Romandash

Lviv, Ukraine

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Anna Romandash is an award-winning journalist from Ukraine. She has collaborated with Open Government Partnership, Freedom House, and Deutsche Welle. She works as a reporter and a digital policy expert focusing on sustainable media development, human rights, and access to information. She has ...

Teri Schultz

Brussel, Belgium

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Teri Schultz is a freelance reporter based in Brussel, Belgium covering NATO, the European Union, the Benelux. Her focus is on current affairs, political news, foreign policy and security issues. Her clients include NPR, CBS News and Deutsche Welle.

Priyanka Shankar

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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I'm an independent journalist, based in Amsterdam, with a keen interest in press freedom, human rights and podcasting. With experience in producing, reporting and presenting news for radio, television and online content using software like Avid Media Manager and Adobe Audition, I currently ...

Komeil Soheili

Seoul, South Korea

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Komeil Soheili is an experienced Iranian-Korean journalist, filmmaker, and author with over two decades of experience in journalism with experience in working from world's top platforms including BBC, National Geographic, CNN and more. He in also professor of Korean University of Media Arts and ...