Tasnim Senior Kurdish political leader Masoud Barzani stressed the unforgettable role played by Iranian top commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani in the defeat of Daesh terrorists. In a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Erbil on Sunday, Barzani, the former President of the Kurdistan Region from 2005 to 2017 and ...

IRNA Irans Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi held talks with President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region on Thursday. Irans envoy described bilateral ties as strategic, saying that prospects for mutual cooperation are bright. Iraqi Kurdistan Regions economic situation will improve in light of mutual collaboration, he said, noting that Iran has remarkable ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) President Masoud Barzani and Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC) head Masrour Barzani on Tuesday. Zarif is on the third day of his Iraq trip after spending the first two in the Iraqi capital; he arrived in the Kurdistan Region's capital of Erbil on ...

IRNA - President of Iraq's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Masoud Barzani and Iran's envoy to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi held talks on bilateral ties. In the meeting held in the capital city of Iraq's Kurdistan region, Erbil, on Wednesday evening, the two officials also discussed holding a conference on Iran-Iraqi Kurdistan economic opportunities. The ...

Alwaght- The Iraqi Kurdistans politics have stepped into a new chapter following the September 25 2017 secession referendum whose consequences marked the defeat of efforts of Masoud Barzani to separate the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the north from Iraq. Now the questions are revolving around how the Kurds of Iraq will secure their place ...

MNA An Iraqi MP issued a statement on Tuesday saying that Barzani is after destabilizing the northern Iraq to pose more pressure on Tehran, Baghdad, and Ankara. Abdul Rahman al Louizi, Iraqi MP from the constituency of Nineveh Governorate, issued a communique on Tuesday saying that all terrorist groups in northern Iraq are supported by Kurdistan ...

Alwaght- After a string of developments including the independence referendum, the Iraqi army and Popular Mobilization Forces' operation to retake the disputed regions that mainly quashed the Kurdish leaders dream to split from Iraq and found independent Kurdish state, and very lately Masoud Barzani's disinclined resignation as president of the ...

FNA- A leading Lebanese newspaper reported that Washington is concerned about former Iraqi Kurdistan region President Massoud Barzani's possible rapprochement with Tehran. The Arabic-language al-Akhbar newspaper quoted a source in the US embassy in Baghdad as saying that the American officials are aware and concerned of the secret letters sent by ...

IRNA Former President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani in a message on Sunday extended condolences to IRGC Qods Force Commander Major General Qasem Soleimani on his father's demise. In the message, a copy of which was sent to IRNA, Barzani condoled with Soleimani and his bereaved family wishing good health for the Iranian general. He ...

Press TV- Masoud Barzani, who resigned as the president of Iraqs semi-autonomous Kurdistan region on Sunday, has delivered pointed remarks against the United States for ditching its putative allies, the Kurds. In a televised speech shortly after Kurdistans regional parliament accepted his resignation, Barzani said no one had stood up to back ...

Press TV - Angry demonstrators, some carrying clubs, have reportedly stormed the parliament of the IraqiKurdistan Region in the regions capital city of Erbilas the Kurdish lawmakers approved a request by president of the Kurdistan Regional Government,Massoud Barzani, to step down early next month. According to witnesses, protesters were angry ...

Press TV- President of Iraqs semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Massoud Barzaniwill not extend his presidential term beyond November 1, says a Kurdish government official. The unnamed official said that Barzani in a letter sent to the Kurdish parliament on Saturday had outlined a plan to divide up the presidents power. The ...

Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Sunday, October 29, and picked headlines from 16of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Newspapers today widely covered the beginning of Tehran Press Exhibition and the remarks made by First Vice-President ...

MNA The KRG rep. in Tehran, Nazim Dabbagh, says that Netanyahu is after disrupting and dividing the region to gain his own advantages and harness his own interests. While some countries advised Mr. Barzani to not hold the referendum, there were also other states and persons who hailed for conducting the referendum, said the Kurdistan Regional ...

Alwaght- In past few days, the two major political factions of Iraq's Kurdistan region, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (KDP), saw brewing of severe differences in their relationship as the Kurdistan Regional Government lost control of Kirkuk to the central government forces who launched their recapture campaign ...

MNA Nader Entessar Professor of Political Science says the recent developments in Iraqi Kurdistan region may weaken Barzani's hold on power at least in near future. Despite all warnings and oppositions from regional players, world major powers and some internal political Kurdish parties, on Sep 5 the Iraqi Kurdistans head, Masoud Barzaini unilaterally ...

Iranian Diplomacy | Sadegh Maleki: Political threats and opportunities are fluid in essence, but Massoud Barzani, President of the Kurdish Regional Government, seems to have forgotten this principle. Wars and crises sometimes expedite formation of a collective identity. Thanks to the collective war against ISIS, an Iraqi identity that transcended ...

IFP - IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday, October 18, and picked headlines from 15 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. The top story today was the remarks made by Iranian officials about the European Unions call for negotiation with Tehran on ...

Press TV- The president of Iraqs Kurdistan has said the independence vote recently held throughout the region wont be in vain. On Tuesday, Masoud Barzani further vowed to preserve what he referred to as the achievements of the Kurds despite their defeat in Kirkuk. He went on to blame the setback on unilateral decisions by Kurdish politicians....

Tasnim A member of Irans Expediency Council said the Kurdish Peshmerga forces withdrawal from the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk put an end to a dangerous plot hatched against regional security. With the Kurdish forces retreat from Kirkuk today, the back of a Barzanis scheme against the regions security was broken, Ali Akbar Velayati said on Monday,...