Rudaw - Kurdish party officials on Sunday participated in a memorial to commemorate Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, killed in a US airstrike on Friday. On Friday, US airstrikes killed both Gen. Soleimani, the head of Irans elite Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy head of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF, known in Arabic as ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks with Secretary General of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Kosrat Rasul in Sulaimaniyah on Tuesday. Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian Foreign Minister met with Kosrat Rasul, Secretary Generalof Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) inSulaimaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan region on ...

MNA The lawmakers at Iraqi parliament have elected the Kurdish politician Barham Salih as the new president of the country in a Tuesday session. As a veteran Kurdish politician from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party, Barham Salih was running against his sole challenger from the Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP), Fuad Hussein,...

IRNA Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani after a meeting with a delegation from Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Sulaymaniyah on Sunday denied Erbil's interference in protests in Iran and announced that Iran is one of the most important neighbors of Iraq. 'We want relations at high level with the Islamic Republic of ...

Alwaght- The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) was founded by JalalTalabaniwho later became the postwar president of Iraq along with his like-minded Kurdish friends in Damascus in early June 1975. A year later, the party held its first congress, during whichTalabaniwas picked first secretary-general to the PUK. In fact, he maintained this position ...

MNA Irans security chief has extended his condolences to the nation and government of Iraq over the death of the countrys former president Jalal Talabani. In his message, Shamkhani stressed the late Talabanis influential role in creating agreements and understanding between different ethnic, religious and political groups of the country, the outcomes ...

Tasnim Iranian President Hassan Rouhani offered his deep condolences over the demise of the Iraqi Kurdish leader and former president, Jalal Talabani, saying he played a prominent role in strengthening the Arab countrys unity and national solidarity. In a message issued on Wednesday, President Rouhani sympathized with the Iraqi people and government ...

IFP - An Iraqi Kurdish lawmaker says the referendum on the Kurdistan regions independence has led to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan losing Irans friendship. Iraqi Kurdish lawmaker Xuan Davoudi has in an article termed the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) as the main loser of the referendum held on the secession of the Iraqi Kurdistan ...

IRNA | Ahmad Moeini Jam: A high-ranking delegation from Patriotic Union of Iraqi Kurdistan (PUK) held talks with Irans SNSC Secretary Ali Shamkhani in Tehran on Monday. The delegation was headed by the PUKs Deputy Secretary General Kosrat Rasul Ali and Chief of Executive Body of the unions Political Bureau, Mala Bakhtiar.     ...

MNA A high-ranking delegation from Patriotic Union of Iraqi Kurdistan (PUK) is scheduled to hold talks with Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani in Tehran on Monday. The delegation is headed by the PUKs Deputy Secretary Generals Kosrat Rasul Ali and Chief of Executive Body of the unions Political Bureau, Mala Bakhtiar. It ...

Rudaw - A senior delegation of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) is set to visit Iran on Sunday to discuss bilateral relations and likely the Kurdish referendum that is scheduled to take place on September 25. The visit comes after a PUK politburo meeting on Thursday that formed a delegation to visit regional countries to discuss the referendum ...

Tasnim - Jalal Talabani, secretary general of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and former president of Iraq arrived in Irans capital of Tehran on Monday morning for an unofficial visit. Mr. Talabanis trip is aimed at getting some rest and medical treatment. His entourage is mainly comprised of medical figures. Nazim Dabagh, representative ...

Tasnim The former president of Iraq and leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Jalal Talabani, plans to pay a visit to Iran next week, according to the partys official website. According to Tasnim dispatches, Talabani is slated to depart from Sulaymaniyah, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, for the Iranian capital of Tehran next week, the PUK ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has received Mala Bakhtiar, Chief of Executive Body of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Political Bureau on Monday. They discussed the latest developments in Iraqs fight against ISIL in Mosul and other related issues where they emphasized upon the unity and solidarity of all Iraqi tribal, ethnic,...

TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) Secretary of Iran's Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said some regional countries, including Saudi Arabia, are in fight with Kurds living in Turkey, Syria and Iraq. Speaking at a meeting with visiting delegation of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) on Sunday, Rezaei emphasized that Iran, on the other hand, treats Kurds ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- A delegation from Tehran dispatched to Sulaymaniyah to mediate between rival factions within the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) has asked them to establish a presidency board to manage the party, Kurdish media sources reported on Sunday. According to Rudaw, the Iranian delegation met on Saturday with members of the newly-formed ...

Tehran, Aug 7, IRNA -- Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Danayeefar underlined Tehran's support for KRG's stability and security. 'The Islamic Republic of Iran pays paramount importance to maintaining stability and security of (Iraq's) Kurdistan region,' Danayeefar said during a meeting with President of Iraqi Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Deputy Head of Iraq's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Barham Salih underlined the necessity for consolidating relations between Tehran and Baghdad, and said Kurds dont benefit from a weak Iraq. "Some people imagine that a weak Iraq will benefit the Kurds but this thought is incorrect. The Kurdish nation needs a secure and stable Iraq," ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region Through its ambassador in Baghdad, Iran has intensified efforts to mediate among the quarreling triumvirate of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Tehrans traditional ally and main source of influence in Iraqs autonomous Kurdistan Region. Ambassador Hassan Danai Far met with the three main leaders of the PUK, Barham Salih,...

Voters have begun casting their ballots in the parliamentary elections in Iraqs semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. Nearly three million voters are eligible to take part in Saturdays elections, which began at 7:00 a.m. (0400 GMT). Some 1,130 candidates are vying for seats in the 111-seat parliament. The Kurdistan Democratic Party, led by regional ...