Masoud Barzani is a Kurdish politician who was President of the Kurdistan Region from 2005 to 2017. However, Barzani's post sparked controversy, as his mandate expired 19 August 2015. He is also leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party since 1979.
Masoud Barzani succeeded his father, the Kurdish nationalist leader Mustafa Barzani, as the leader of the KDP in 1979. Working closely with his brother Idris Barzani until Idris's death, Barzani and various other Kurdish groups fought the forces of the Iraqi government in Baghdad during the Iran–Iraq War. For much of this time, the Kurdish leadership was exiled to Iran.
Barzani was born in Iranian Kurdistan, during the short-lived Republic of Mahabad.
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“I am not an enemy of Turkey; I am a friend of the Turkish people”
Turkey and PKK
Source: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680302,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics
Turkey and PKK
Source: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680302,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics
On Israel's right to exist
Source: Jerusalem Post http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=2&cid=1176152838812&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull April 2007
Kurdish nation
Source: President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Province Maso'ud Al-Barazani Threatens Turkey Not to Interfere in the Issue of Kirkuk and Declares: I Do Not Support Driving Israel to the Sea http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1423 April 2007
Turkey and PKK
Turkey and PKK
Source: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680302,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics
“I do not accept the language of threatening and blackmailing from the government of Turkey.”
Turkey and PKK
Source: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680302,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics
