Ardeshir Pashang

Biography

Ardeshir Pashang is a Kurdish-Iranian Researcher, Politician and Senior Expert in the Middle East region and the Kurdish issue.

Pashang was born in Kermanshah, Iran on December 22 1979, to Kurdish parents, he is from a middle-class family with an Iranian and Kurdish identity. he began his journalism career at a young age with ISNA News Agency and then continued with domestic and foreign newspapers such as Iran newspaper, Shargh, Taadol, Khabaronline, Irna, Sputnik, United World.

In 2015, Pashang launched the independent media outlet "Faratab" with an analytical approach to Middle East issues, Iran, and the Kurds, with which more than 400 writers, independent journalists, and international experts have collaborated so far.

In 2019, Pashang published the first printed edition of Faratab, titled "Faratab Monthly," with a picture of Kurdish singer "Mazhar Khaleghi" on the first cover. Abbas Vali, Sadegh Zibakalam, Ghadir Nasri, Majid Saleh, and Nader Entesar were among the analysts of the first issue.