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Iraqi Kurdistan politics
Remembering Jalal Talabani, Iraq’s first Kurdish president
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Novmber 22, 2005. Photo: Creative Commons/khamenei.ir Manish Rai | iKurd.net I had the opportunity to visit...
Sulaimani airport to be renamed Jalal Talabani airport, Iraqi Kurdistan
Illustrative photo: iKurd.net/ai BAGHDAD,— Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and Transport Minister Razzaq al-Saadawi have approved a request to...
Kurdistan’s markets “clinically dead” amid delayed salaries, economist says
Some elderly Kurdish retirees count the cash from their long-delayed pensions, while others wait in line in Sulaimani city, Iraqi...
Iraqi Kurdistan resumes oil exports to Turkey after two-year halt
Iraqi Kurdistan resumes oil export to Turkey, September 27, 2025. Photo: Screengrab/video/Rudaw TV ERBIL,— Crude exports from Iraq’s Kurdistan region...
Eight Kurdistan oil operators reach agreement with Baghdad
An Iraqi oil field. Photo: Ina.iq BAGHDAD,— Eight international oil companies operating in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have reached...
Anonymous women’s graves highlight honor killings in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan
Nameless graves of women who were victims of honor killings at Saywan Cemetery in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, September 2025. Photo:...
Metro Center slams raids on NGO offices in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan
The Metro Center for Journalists’ Rights and Advocacy, Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, September 2025. Photo: iKurd.net SULAIMANI,— A Kurdish press freedom...
Two arrested over shooting of Kurdish Journalist Hemin Mamend in Sulaimani
Kurdish journalist, activist and television presenter Hêmin Mamend was shot and wounded in Sulaimani city in Iraqi Kurdistan, September 2,...
Shaswar Abdulwahid sentenced to five months in jail in Iraqi Kurdistan
Shaswar Abdulwahid, leader of the New Generation Movement (Cûłanewey Newey Nwê), Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan, August 2025. Photo: Video/Abdulwahid's FB Kurdistan...
Bafel Talabani says no one is above the law, commenting on Lalezar events
Bafel Jalal Talabani, the President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, August 2025. Photo: Talabani's Press Office/via iKurd.net SULAIMANI, Iraqi...
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