Iraqi Kurdistan’s referendum on independence ‘Illegal’ – Arab League
Sputnik News– Permanent Representative of Iraq to the Arab League says that the organization considers the referendum on Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence illegal.…
Sputnik News– Permanent Representative of Iraq to the Arab League says that the organization considers the referendum on Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence illegal.…
IRNA – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said on Tuesday that conduct of polling in Kurdistan will…
Press TV – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says the planned Kurdish referendum on independence from the Arab country is “unconstitutional,” warning that…
AFP- The Iraqi parliament voted on Tuesday to oppose an independence referendum planned by Iraqi Kurdish leaders for later this month prompting…
IRNA – Iran is interested in mediating between Iraqi Kurdistan region and Baghdad on the issue of referendum, Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman…
Financial Tribune- A high-ranking Iranian military official slammed the planned referendum on the Iraqi Kurdistan’s secession, saying it would lead to “war…
Iranian Diplomacy- In an op-ed for Iranian Diplomacy, visiting researcher at Iran’s Middle East Strategic Studies Center Umm ul-Bani Poulab explains why…
Press TV – Members of the “No for Now” campaign, which calls for the postponement of the upcoming referendum on the independence of Iraq’s…
IFP – An Iranian lawmaker has warned against the horrible consequences of the Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence referendum, saying it is a dangerous…
FNA – Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council (EC) Mohsen Rezayee underlined his country’s opposition to the Iraqi Kurdistan region’s referendum for independence,…
Press TV- Iran says a decision by councilors in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk to take part in next month’s independence referendum…
Iranian Diplomacy- Last week, US Secretary of Defense James Mattis went on an Iraq visit considered unexpected by diplomatic norms. A high…
Press TV – Iran’s chief Armed Forces spokesman says the planned referendum on the independence of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region is in line with the US…
Alwaght – Opportunities to found an independent Kurdish state in northern Iraq are sliding almost to zero as an array of sides, most…
Tasnim – Iraqi Kurdistan region suffers deep social, political and economic problems and holding the referendum for independence now can provoke instability…
Press TV- Turkey’s foreign minister says his country expects the administration of Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdish region to cancel an upcoming referendum…
Sputnik – The controversy surrounding the September 25 referendum on the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan is gaining momentum. Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar…
Tasnim– A senior IRGC general said a unilateral plan by Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to hold an independence referendum is a US…
MNA– Calling the Kurdish independence referendum as the eye of the next hurricane in the region, a senior member of Peoples’ Democratic…
IRNA — Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said on Wednesday that Iran and Turkey…
Tehran Times- Head of the Iranian Staff of Armed Forces Mohammad Baqeri held high-level talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and…
Press TV- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has warned that a plan by Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to hold an independence referendum late next…
Rudaw– Ambassador: Iran supportive of Kurdistani referendum delegation talks with Iraq. Iran’s ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi said in a joint news…
Press TV – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed interest in partitioning Iraq and establishing an independent Kurdish state in the…
Press TV- The US secretary of state has called on the leader of Iraq’s semi-autonomous region Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, to delay…
Alwaght – Like other regional countries, Iraq is home to multiple ethno-sectarian groups, including Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen, and minorities such as the…
FNA- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi underlined that independence of the Iraqi Kurdistan region is not acceptable to Tehran. “We want…
Sputnik – The independence referendum planned by the Kurdistan Regional Government is a wrong choice that would significantly undermine Iraqi and regional…
Press TV – A senior Iranian official has warned that a plan by Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to hold an independence referendum…
Rudaw – A senior delegation of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) is set to visit Iran on Sunday to discuss bilateral…
Al-Monitor | Fazel Hawramy: As Iraqi Kurds try to iron out internal differences ahead of their referendum on independence in September, Turkey, Iraq and Iran have all announced their opposition, questioning…
Rudaw – A top Iraqi Shia leader, Ammar al-Hakim, who heads the Shia National Alliance has told the Iranian parliament speaker Ali…
Rudaw – Influential Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called on President Masoud Barzani to “postpone” and eventually “cancel” the planned Kurdistan…
Press TV – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said that the Kurdish minority’s decision to hold an independence referendum is untimely. “Every part…
Alwaght– ISIS terrorist group’s occupation of Iraqi territories in 2014 and the subsequent troubles that made the central Iraqi government busy coping…