Iraqi Kurdistan News in brief – July 17, 2017

Iraqi Kurdistan’s PUK delegation arrives in Tehran

Tehran: A leading delegation from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) arrived in Tehran, the capital of the Islamic Republic of Iraq, on Sunday to discuss ties between Tehran and Iraq’s Kurdistan Region. The deputy Secretary General of the PUK, Kosrat Rasul, is leading the delegation that arrived in Tehran late on July 16. The chief of the PUK political office, Mala Bakhtiar, Omer Fatah, Mahmoud Sangawi and Khosto Golmohammad are the members of the delegation in the visit. Discussing ties with the officials of the Islamic Republic and the developments in the autonomous Kurdish region in the north of Iraq are the axes talks between the two sides. kurdprss.ir

Iran is trying to help Erbil, Baghdad resolve issues through dialogue: Ambassador

Erbil: The government of Iran is trying in every way to help Iraq’s Kurdistan Region and Iraq resolve the issues between both sides through dialogue, Iran’s ambassador to Iraq said according to a statement by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). KRG website released a statement on Sunday saying the region’s Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani received Iranian Ambassador to Iraq, Iraj Masjedi. Masjedi restated his country’s support for the friendship between the Kurdistan Region and Iran during the meeting, the statement said. “As how the Islamic Republic of Iran assisted the Kurdistan Region at difficult times, [Iran] will now try in every way to resolve the issues between Erbil and Baghdad” he added, cited by the KRG’s website. nrttv.com

Yazidis form new political party for ‘our rights’, support referendum

Duhok: The Yazidi community around Sinjar (Shingal) and the rest of Nineveh province now have a political party that held its first congress in Duhok this weekend and plans to run in Iraq’s parliamentary elections next year. Haider Shasho who announced the foundation of the Yazidi Democratic Party and holds the position of its leader, told Rudaw that the IS invasion of their area in 2014 and the subsequent atrocities compelled them to form a party to defend them and fight for their political rights. “After the disaster that befell the Yazidis in Shingal I felt that the Yazidis need a party that could serve them and defend them,” said Shasho. “At first we were a military force and as the threat of ISIS diminished we saw the need for a political party.” rudaw.net

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