Iran: All roads linking to Iraqi Kurdistan Region open
FNA- Iran’s consulate in Erbil said all roads linking the country to the Iraqi Kurdistan region are open and being used by…
Tag Archives: Iraq’s Kurdistan Referendum
KRG Official: Kurds, Baghdad trust Iran for mediation
FNA- Representative of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Tehran Nazim Dabagh underlined that the Iraqi Kurds and the Baghdad government…
Barzani travels to Tehran for first time since controversial referendum
MNA – Iraqi Kurdistan PM Nechirvan Barzani has arrived in Tehran with his accompanying delegation, marking normalizing relations between Iran and the…
Baghdad extends Kurdistan international flight ban over independence referendum
Press TV – Iraqi authorities have extended for two more months an international flight ban on the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region amid…
Kurdish stalemate: Baghdad preconditions, Erbil predicament
Alwaght – In past few days, and particularly after Iraqi Vice-President Nouri Al-Maliki’s interview with the Kurdish Rudaw news channel and the…
Iraqi Kurdistan’s issue ‘an ethnic conspiracy’
MNA – Head of Chief of Staff of Armed Force Major General Bagheri said that enemies are always trying to sabotage the…
Iran willing to normalize ties with KRG, but not without change
Al-Monitor l Fazel Hawramy: Iran appears to be preparing to normalize its relations with Iraqi Kurdistan after two tumultuous months in which it…
Iran announces decision to reopen crossings into Kurdistan Region
Rudaw– Iran will reopen major border crossings with the Kurdistan Region which had been shut by Tehran since mid-October. Iranian Interior Minister…
Iraq top court declares Kurd referendum unconstitutional
AFP – Iraq’s supreme court on Monday declared that September’s referendum on independence in the autonomous Kurdish areas in the north of…
Iraqi PM urges Kurds to withdraw to pre-2003 borders
Press TV – The Iraqi prime minister has welcomed a decision by Kurdish officials to respect a recent court ban on secession, but…
Abadi calls on Kurdistan govt. to stand committed to Iraq’s unity
Press TV – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to clearly announce its firm committed to…
Leader of Hezbollah al-Nujaba: Bloodshed in Iraq prevented by General Soleimani’s talks with Kurds
FNA- The leader of Hezbollah al-Nujaba, a major Iraqi Shiite resistance movement fighting the ISIL, revealed that Commander of the Quds Force…
Why civil war in Iraqi Kurdistan is possible
Iranian Diplomacy- In an op-ed for pro-reform website Asr Iran, Middle East expert Iman Ahmadvand argues that the current situation in the…
US behind Iraqi Kurdistan’s secession attempt: Iran’s Top General
Tasnim – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said “a secret team” from the US…
Kurdistan’s Barzani fires parting shots at US
Press TV- Masoud Barzani, who resigned as the president of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region on Sunday, has delivered pointed remarks against the…
Iran to lift border curbs with Iraq’s Kurdish region in coming days: ISNA
Reuters – Iran will lift border restrictions with Iraq’s Kurdistan region ”in the coming days following a closure after last month’s Kurdish…
KRG official: Kurds warned by general Soleimani of consequences of referendum
FNA – Representative of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Tehran Nazim Dabagh revealed that Commander of the Quds Force of…
Protesters storm Iraqi Kurdistan’s parl. as Barzani resigns
Press TV – Angry demonstrators, some carrying clubs, have reportedly stormed the parliament of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region in the region’s capital city…
Netanyahu disrupting ME for his own interests: KRG rep. in Tehran
MNA – The KRG rep. in Tehran, Nazim Dabbagh, says that Netanyahu is after disrupting and dividing the region to gain his…
Barzani won’t extend term beyond Nov. 1: Kurdish official
Press TV- President of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Massoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term beyond November 1, says a…
Border with Iraqi Kurdistan still shut: Iranian consulate
Tasnim – Iran’s consulate in Erbil dismissed speculation about reopening of the border crossings with the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, saying two of…
Federal Iraqi forces peacefully retake Kurdistan borders after deal with Iraqi Kurds
Press TV – Federal Iraqi forces have peacefully taken control of all border crossings ringing the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) following an…
The US and the Iraqi Kurdistan’s Independence Referendum
Iran Review | Ja’afar Haqpanah: Despite all protests and objections from regional and international actors, a referendum on the independence of the…
Iraqi prime minister calls for total annulment of Kurdish independence vote
Press TV- Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called for the total annulment of the recent Kurdish secession referendum in northern Iraq, apparently…
Regional developments spark diplomacy among the Iranian military leaders
Iranian Diplomacy- Iranian military commanders have had a busy month, engaging themselves in talks with counterparts from neighboring countries. What is the…
The Kurdish Project: Bernard-Henri Levy’s fantasizing about a second Israel
American Herald Tribune | DAVID MACILWAIN: Every so often something comes along that makes things drop into place, where previously the picture…
Iraqi PM meets with Turkish president on Kurds
AP— The Latest on developments in Iraq (all times local): 1 p.m. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is meeting Turkish President Recep…
Ex-Deputy PM: Iraqi Kurdish leaders revoke Kurdistan referendum results on General Soleimani’s bid
FNA- Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Hossein al-Shahrestani lauded the efforts made by Commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution…
Iraqi PM to visit Iran within days
IRNA – Iraqi Prime Minister Heidar al-Ebadi is to visit Iran within days, it as announced in Baghdad on Wednesday. The Office…
Kurds freeze independence vote, call for ceasefire
Press TV – The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has said that it will freeze the results of a recent vote for independence…
Iran reopens Bashmagh border gate with Iraq’s Kurdistan
MNA – The Iranian consulate in Erbil announced that Bashmagh border with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) reopens as of today October…
Kurdish region defeated, divided: Who Is Traitor?
Alwaght– In past few days, the two major political factions of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic…
Iraq’s KRG slams attack on Iran’s consulate in Erbil
IRNA – Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government in a statement released on Sunday condemned the mob attack on the Iranian consulate in Erbil…
Kirkuk achilles heel to both Iraq and Kurdistan: Expert
Iranian Diplomacy | Hassan Hanizadeh: A three-day conflict broke out in Kirkuk between the Iraqi army and the Peshmerga forces following the Kurdish independence…
Developments in N Iraq likely to weaken Barzani’s hold on power
MNA – Nader Entessar Professor of Political Science says the recent developments in Iraqi Kurdistan region may weaken Barzani’s hold on power…
Saudi, UAE secretly worked for Kurdistan secession: Report
Press TV – Like Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have supported the Iraqi Kurdistan region’s push for secession in…
Iraq condemns pre-planned attack on Iran’s consulate in Erbil
IRNA – Iraq’s Foreign Ministry in a statement on Saturday denounced pre-planned onslaught on Iran’s consulate in Erbil and disrespecting flag of…
No problem in Iran’s western, northwestern borders: Army Commander
Tasnim – Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Army Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan made assurances that following recent developments in Iraq’s Kurdistan…
Iraq soon to spread rule over KRG
MNA – Brig. Gen. Pourdastan, while pointing to neutralization of the American plot to break up Iraq, said the Arab country would…
Netanyahu lobbies world powers to support Iraqi Kurds’ secession bid
Press TV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is lobbying world powers to support the independence of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region from…