Kaveh Golestan, who was a photojournalist

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He reported on the Homeland-Iraq War (1980-88) and the Kurdish liberation struggle through photographs that were often taken while the fighting was going on or shortly after. A woman holding a machine gun stands on top of a tank, an older man lost in thought leans on his gun and smokes a cigarette. Golestan’s pictures show the recent history of a remarkable and complex country.

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