Sharif Behruz is the Managing Editor of Kurdistan Agora, the English-language platform for the Tishk Centre for Kurdistan Studies, where he also serves as a contributor. A Political Science graduate from the University of Western Ontario, Behruz has a distinguished career in human rights advocacy and international diplomacy. He has collaborated with various human rights organizations specifically focusing on the rights of Kurds in Iran, and spent several years representing Kurdish interests in the US and Canada. His work offers a critical vantage point on the intersection of Western foreign policy, decentralization and the struggle for a federal, democratic Iran.