Iraqi Kurdistan: from independence referendum to the freezing of referendum results

There are some discrepancies between Masoud Barzani’s statements in past and present: he probably realizes that he can lose power and influence. Noravank Foundation expert Karen Hovhannisyan finds it difficult to make clear predictions ahead of Iraqi Kurdistan general election.

“It is hard to predict what political processes will take place in Iraqi Kurdistan in the near future, as it was difficult to predict at the beginning of the year that Barzani would decide to hold an independence referendum. At the same time, it was unexpected that Barzani decided to freeze the results of independence,” the expert says.

Details of the conversation concerning the policy pursued by Iraqi Kurdistan, relations between Turkey and Kurdistan, Armenia's policy towards Iraqi Kurdistan, Kurdish-speaking Armenians of Kurdistan and so on in the program “Paradigm”.