SomewithCheese

For both of you, how was your treatment by Iran during this time, as both of you said that you were treated for several months at least in Iran for healthcare.

For Aras, did you have the choice to stay in Iran (and presumably didn't because your life was back in Iraq? Or did you have no choice in the matter? And if so, what about in the parts of Kurdistan within Iran?

My utmost sympathy goes out to you. I had several family members who died in combat the Iran-Iraq war, before I was born. One of them died due to chemical attack by Saddam. I do not know any more about it than that unfortunately. The thought that people can act in such systematic acts of genocide such as that which happened against kurds in Saddam's Iraq is horrific and terrifying. And that any nation would sponser this... beyond words. I wish you luck in bringing these enablers to justice.

Technically, iran just flat out does not recognise israel. It simply views it as occupied palestine (see first page of the iran passport for proof. It states that the holder of this passport is not entitled to visit the occupied palestine (not meaning israeli settlements, but rather here meaning israel itself).

Just a matter of pedantism though really.