Metafilter:"H. Sarbakhshian is perhaps the only photo-blogger now in Iraqi kurdistan. He is one of the latest well-known Iranian journalists who has turned to blogging."
I suggest you to visit his site if you can; there are great photos of Iran & Iraq, taken by an Iranian photographer that is now in Iraq. I think that nothing can prove the reality better than a good photo, & this is the reflection of facts in hasanpix site.