Kurdistan

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Iran-KRG Trade to Hit $5b

Trade between Iran and Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is expected to exceed $5 billion in 2011, a KRG official said. The KRG's representative in the Iranian capital Tehran, Nazim Omar Dabbagh, made the announcement on Monday, IRNA reported. He further stated that President of the Kurdistan Regional Government Massoud Barzani will visit Iran in the near future. Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi invited the KRG president to visit the Islamic Republic in a meeting with Deputy Chairman of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of Iraq Nechirvan Barzani in Tehran on August 25.
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Husseini reiterated that trade between Iran and Iraq stands at approximately $7 billion annually, of which the share of the Kurdistan Region alone is 65 percent, or $4.5 billion.
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KDP tells PKK, PJAK to stop attacks
Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:38PM GMT

The deputy chairman of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of Iraq has called on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) terrorist groups to stop their militant attacks. In an interview with the Kurdish language weekly Rodav on Sunday, Nechirvan Barzani said the PKK and PJAK activities violate international law, which prohibits the presence of any militia group on a country's territory and the use of a country's territory to launch attacks against neighboring countries, IRNA reported.

He added that the PKK and PJAK show no respect for the interests of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and launch attacks against Iran and Turkey from their bases in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
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IRGC arrests two PJAK commanders
Sat Sep 10, 2011 10:28AM GMT
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“Confessions of these individuals will help us to identify the hideouts of the terrorist group and to discover their arms and ammunition storages,” IRGC Brigadier-General Nasser Shabani said on Saturday.
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In a statement on September 3, PJAK -- an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) -- called for a ceasefire with Tehran upon the request of some “mediation parties.” The offer comes as members of the PJAK and PKK dug new tunnels and built fronts in the Jasosan heights close to Iran's border regions over the past month, exploiting the IRGC's ceasefire during the fasting month of Ramadan.

The PJAK and PKK terrorists have also received new weapons, including 120-millimeter mortars, and walkie-talkies from the US consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil.
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"Kurdish resistance - Iranian revolutionary guard defeated by PJAK FIGHTERS‬‏ - July 24,2011"
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"PJAK ئێره‌ قه‌ندیله "
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"Iranian IRGC fighting PJAK terrorists"
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