SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ) MESOP FLASH : TEHRAN DICTATES KURDISH REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IN IRAQ (KRG)
17 Jan 2016 – The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq released a statement denouncing Mohammad Rajabi, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), for his recent remarks questioning the presence of about 30 international consulates in Arbil. Rajabi had also stated that the Saudi consulate should leave the Kurdistan region. The KRG statement said that “no one is entitled to request that a consulate be closed in Arbil.” The KRG also said that “this isn’t the first time the IRGC commander released such statements that are an unjustified intervention in the internal affairs of the Iraq and Kurdistan region.” More via www.mesop.de