MESOP : AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE – PUK & PKK & IRAN AGAINST KURDISH INDEPENDENCE

Iran Reacts to Kurdish Independence  – Iraq is a conceptual failure, compelling people with little in common to share an uncertain future, Barzani said

ERBIL — 10 Ma 2016 – Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran responded to an article written by Masrour Barzani, the Chancellor of Kurdistan Region’s Security Council (KRSC), stating that Iraq should remain undivided. Masrour Barzani said in an op-ed for Washington Post last Friday that “Iraq is a conceptual failure, compelling people with little in common to share an uncertain future. It is time to acknowledge that the experiment has not worked. Iraq is a failed state, and our continued presence within it condemns us all to an unending conflict and enmity.”

Following Barzani’s statements, Jabir Ansari, the spokesperson of Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said that the Iraqi officials currently need to focus on the fight against the Islamic State (IS). He stated that only a unified Iraq will ensure the victory over the crises. Iran is insisting on Iraq to remain unified, while Baghdad has been depriving Kurdistan Region of its constitutional rights, including the budget, for the past two years. www.mesop.de