President Masoud Barzani attended the Muncih Security Conference to, among other crucial tasks, discuss the latest developments of the war on the terrorists of the Islamic State. The President held a number of meetings during which he spoke of the sacrifices of the Peshmerga forces, the severity of the cruelty …
Read More »KRG PM: Talk of Iraqi Kurdish Independence Red Line For Iran, But Not Turkey
A conference titled “The Future Independence of Kurdistan: Challenges and Opportunities,” which took place Dec. 15-16 at the newly established American University of Kurdistan (AUK) in Dahuk, offered a historic platform for top Iraqi Kurdish leaders to argue the case for Iraqi statehood. Masrour Barzani, the quietly powerful chancellor of …
Read More »Prime Minister Barzani Receives a Senior Iranian Delegation
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani today received a high-ranking delegation from the Islamic Republic of Iran. The two sides discussed the recent security development in the region, particularly on the border between the Kurdistan Region and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Prime Minister Barzani expressed his deep concern regarding …
Read More »Kurds and Iran Eye an Oil Deal
Iran and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have hammered out the technical details of a plan to build a pipeline that could transfer as much as 250,000 barrels a day of Kurdish oil to Iran, but signing off the deal has yet to happen, according to Kurdish officials. “We [the KRG and Iran] …
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