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Massoud Barzani , né le 16 août 1946, est homme d'État irakien et leader kurde, président du gouvernement régional du Kurdistan , en Irak et le chef du Parti démocratique du Kurdistan depuis 1979.

Depuis le 19 août 2015 il n'est plus le président élu du Kurdistan irakien, car il n'y a pas eu de nouvelle élection présidentielle. Il est cependant toujours considéré comme légitime par les grandes puissances occidentales, notamment dans le cadre de la guerre avec l’État Islamique et la future bataille de Mossoul dans laquelle les Kurdes sont considérés comme un élément clé.

Il est le fils de Mustafa Barzani, chef historique du mouvement national kurde en Irak. Il est né à Mahabad, en Iran, à l'époque de l'éphémère République de Mahabad, alors que son père y occupait le poste de général en chef. Il a cinq fils et trois filles. Wikipedia  

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Massoud Barzani: Citations en anglais

“I am not an enemy of Turkey; I am a friend of the Turkish people”

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Turkey and PKK
Source: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680302,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics

“If Turkey came up with a peaceful initiative and the PKK rejects that, then all the Kurdistanis will take up a position against the PKK.”

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Turkey and PKK
Source: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680302,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics

“I am against driving Israel into the sea. This policy is wrong, illogical, and unreasonable. Why annihilate a people?”

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On Israel&#x27;s right to exist <br class="br">Source: Jerusalem Post http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=2&amp;cid=1176152838812&amp;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull April 2007

“Declaration of a state(Kurdistan) is the legitimate right of the Kurdish nation. This goal should be realized, but without resorting to violence.”

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Kurdish nation <br class="br">Source: President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Province Maso&#x27;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

“We will not let the Turks interfere the issue of Kirkuk. I am not afraid of their (Turkey's) military or diplomatic power, because they interfere in matters that do not concern them. Kirkuk is an Iraqi city of Kurdish identity, all geographic and historic facts prove that Kirkuk is part of Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey has no right to interfere in this matter. If Turkey allows itself interfere in the matter of Kirkuk because of a few thousand Turkmen, we will do the same with regard to Diyarbakir (Amed) and other Kurdistani cities in Turkey because of 30 million Kurds.”

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Turkey and PKK

“The Turks have tried military operations in the last 23 years. Now, it's time for the Turkish people to ask their military what they did in the last 23 years, and why they didn't solve it.”

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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.”

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Turkey and PKK
Source: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680302,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics