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Interview English IQ 2026-02-05 Tier 2 Masrour Barzani (Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq) — interview with The National, 5 Feb 2026: the KRG mediated between Damascus, the SDF and the US/France over Syria's Kurds, urging the new Syrian government to "lead and not be led" and enshrine Kurdish rights in the constitution; presses intra-Kurdish unity ("Elections should matter") and resolving Erbil–Baghdad oil/budget disputes constitutionally.
— We were in direct contact with both Damascus and also Qamishli and also with the United States, with France, with many countries that were playing a part in mediating and trying to calm the situation — lead and not be led — Elections should matter
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Social post English IQ 2026-01-28 Tier 2 Nouri al-Maliki (twice PM of Iraq; State of Law / Dawa; Coordination Framework's PM candidate) — post on X, 28 Jan 2026, after Trump threatened to cut US support over his comeback: "We categorically reject the blatant American interference in Iraq's internal affairs… a violation of sovereignty." The Iraqi sovereigntist / anti-US-interference pole. [Second doc — distinct sovereignty axis; an evolution from his 2006 US-Congress address.]
We categorically reject the blatant American interference in Iraq's internal affairs. We consider it (US interference) a violation of sovereignty, contrary to the democratic system in Iraq after 2003, and an infringement on the decision of the Coordinating Framework for selecting its candidate.
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Speech English IQ 2025-11-11 Tier 2 Nechirvan Barzani (President, Kurdistan Region of Iraq; KDP) — press conference on Iraq's parliamentary-election day, 11 Nov 2025 (Rudaw): Iraq must make a "serious effort" to implement the constitution (the KDP's central demand on Kurdistan's autonomy), and he hopes the vote ushers in "a democratic federal Iraq where all components get their rights."
That constitution has not been implemented. Indeed, the most important thing to be done after these elections is to make a serious effort to implement the Iraqi Constitution, We hope that these elections are a new start for Iraq - a democratic federal Iraq where all components get their rights and achievements,
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Press release Arabic IQ 2025-09-10 Tier 2 Mohammed al-Halbousi (leader, Taqaddum/Progress Party; former Speaker of Iraq's Parliament) — al-Rasheed readout of his meeting with northern Babil notables, 10 Sep 2025: security/provincial stability via return of the displaced, reconstruction of damaged areas, social harmony, "preserving entitlements," and active election participation. (Outlet readout, not a verbatim quote.)
رئيس حزب "تقدم" الرئيس محمد الحلبوسي يستقبل عدداً من شيوخ ووجهاء شمال محافظة بابل، وتم التداول في ضرورة دعم الأمن وأهمية استقرار المحافظة من خلال ضمان عودة النازحين إلى ديارهم وإعادة إعمار المناطق المتضرِّرة وتحقيق الوئام الاجتماعي الذي اعتادت عليه المحافظة لعشرات السنين، وأهمية حفظ الاستحقاقات والمشاركة الفاعلة في…
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Speech Arabic IQ 2014-06-13 Tier 2 Grand Ayatollah Sistani fatwa for defensive jihad against ISIS, Karbala Friday prayers, 13 Jun 2014 (English translation of Arabic original)
Speaker (by proxy): Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the highest Shia marja' (religious authority) in Najaf. Location: announced through his representative Sheikh Abdul Mehdi al-Karbalai during Friday prayer sermons in Karbala. Date: 13 June 2014, three days after ISIS captured Mosul. The single core sentence of the…
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Article English IQ 2013-04-28 Tier 2 State of Law-led (Maliki) government's press-freedom record: the Communications and Media Commission's 28 Apr 2013 suspension of 10 satellite channels (incl. Al Jazeera), targeting opposition/pro-Sunni outlets after their Hawija-raid coverage — HRW found no legal basis (arbitrary). Documented by Human Rights Watch (30 Apr 2013); corroborated by CPJ.
The official Communications and Media Commission suspended the licenses on April 28, 2013, amid spiraling violence and anti-government demonstrations in Sunni-majority provinces. The license suspensions targeted exclusively opposition stations while leaving others like state-run al-Iraqiya channel free to continue…
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Interview English IQ 2007-05-11 Tier 2 Yanar Mohammed (Iraqi feminist; founder/director, Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq) — interview (Toward Freedom / Guernica, 11 May 2007): OWFI as "the modern, secular voice of Iraq that will not allow this country to be turned into another Afghanistan under the Taliban," and a critique that "women's welfare is... a card... used between misogynist parties," with "most women in government represent Sharia."
We formed in 2003, and spoke about full equality. We represent the modern, secular voice of Iraq that will not allow this country to be turned into another Afghanistan under the Taliban. Women’s welfare is like another card that is used between misogynist parties to pressure each other. Most women in government…
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Interview English IQ Tier 2 Reham Yacoub (Iraqi doctor; women's-rights campaigner; Basra Tishreen protest organizer, assassinated Aug 2020) — Middle East Eye interview, 2018: her defiant resolve — "We are expecting that we might get killed as well, but this won't stop us from asking for our rights and it won't stop us from living" — and determination to keep protesting until their demands are met.
We are expecting that we might get killed as well, but this won't stop us from asking for our rights and it won't stop us from living. They have not heard any of our demands until now. The situation is getting worse. The thing we can do is keep going till we get our rights and for sure there will be some losses on…
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Speech English IQ Tier 2 Nechirvan Barzani (President, Kurdistan Region of Iraq; KDP) — statement, 2025 (per Kurdistan24, "Iraq Still Far from True Federalism"): "Baghdad's treatment of the Kurdistan Region does not align with the principles of federalism." [Second doc — distinct KRG-FEDERALISM / Kurdish-autonomy-rights axis, vs his election-day Iraqi-government-formation doc.]
This model is outlined in the Iraqi constitution, which was approved by 80 percent of the people. But Baghdad's treatment of the Kurdistan Region does not align with the principles of federalism.
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Interview English IQ Tier 2 Masrour Barzani (KRG Prime Minister; senior KDP leader) — interview with the Kurdish magazine Gulan (via KDP, ~2017, ahead of the independence referendum): asserting the Kurdish right to self-determination and a NEGOTIATED, peaceful separation from Iraq — "it is time to separate peacefully and become two strong allies." [Second doc — distinct Kurdish self-determination / independence axis.]
We have the right [to an independent country] whenever we want. Many countries now recognize the history of betrayals against the people of Kurdistan and our right to self-determination. Baghdad officials must understand that since they do not accept Kurds as their real partner in the Iraqi Federal Government, it is…