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Masoud Barzani (Kurdish: مەسعوود بارزانی or Mesûd Barzanî; born 16 August 1946) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who has been President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region since 2005, as well as leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979.
Masoud Barzani succeeded his father, the Kurdish nationalist leader Mustafa Barzani, as the leader of the KDP in 1979. Working closely with his brother Idris Barzani until Idris's death, Barzani and various other Kurdish groups fought the forces of the Iraqi government in Baghdad during the Iran–Iraq War. For much of this time, the Kurdish leadership was exiled to Iran.
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American politician who is the 68th and current United States Secretary of State. He has served in the United States Senate, and was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Kerry was the candidate of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, losing to George W. Bush.
Kerry was born in Aurora, Colorado and attended boarding school in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. He graduated from Yale University class of 1966 with a political science major. Kerry enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1966, and during 1968–1969 served an abbreviated four-month tour of duty in South Vietnam as officer-in-charge (OIC) of a Swift Boat. For that service, he was awarded combat medals that include the Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, and three Purple Heart Medals. Securing an early return to the United States, Kerry joined the Vietnam Veterans Against the War organization in which he served as a nationally recognized spokesman and as an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War. He appeared in the Fulbright Hearings before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs where he deemed United States war policy in Vietnam to be the cause of war crimes.
1. Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani walking into room 2. Barzani sitting down during interview 3. SOUNDBITE: (Kurdish) Massoud Barzani, Leader of Iraq's Kurdish region: "If Turkey comes up with a peaceful solution, and the PKK refuse it, we are ready to do anything against the PKK. But if Turkey is using the PKK as an excuse to fight with us, we are ready to defend ourselves." 4. Cutaway of Bazani being interviewed 5. SOUNDBITE: (Kurdish) Massoud Barzani, Leader of Iraq's Kurdish region: "If Turkey has a peaceful initiative and the PKK refuse it, at that time I will ask all the Kurds, all the political parties, and intellectuals to come together. We will explicitly tell the PKK this is a peaceful solution, and you will be part of it. If they insist on refusing it, we will tell all of ...
Part 1 Leader of Kurdistan Regional Government Massoud Barzani Al-Arabiya TV (Dubai/Saudi Arabia) April 6 2007
Part 1 Leader of Kurdistan Regional Government Massoud Barzani Al-Arabiya TV (Dubai/Saudi Arabia) April 6 2007
Eng Kurdish President (Massoud Barzani) one of his several visits. Dutch: Koerdische president ( masoud barzani ) een van zijn bezoekjes.
SHOTLIST 1. Wide shot banner "Welcome Honourable Guests" 2. Wide shot audience 3. Massoud Barzani (red headdress) sitting next to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani 4. Audience 5. Barzani speaking at inauguration ceremony 6. Various Barzani shaking hands with officials 7. Various audience 8. Talabani speaking at inauguration ceremony 10. Wide shot ceremony STORYLINE Massoud Barzani, the leader of one of the two main Kurdish parties in Iraq was sworn in on Tuesday as the new president of Iraq's northern Kurdistan region. Taking his oath of office under a massive portrait of his father, Barzani immediately vowed to strengthen national unity. Barzani was unanimously elected by the Kurdish Parliament on Sunday. The Sunni Muslim Kurd and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic P...
The president of Iraq's ethnic Kurdish region declared Tuesday that "we are facing a new reality and a new Iraq" as the country considers new leadership for its Shiite-led government as an immediate step to curb a Sunni insurgent rampage. The comments by Kurdish President Massoud Barzani came as he met with visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who is pushing the central government in Baghdad to at least adopt new policies that would give more authority to Iraq's minority Sunnis and Kurds. Kerry has repeatedly said that it's up to Iraqis _ not the U.S. or other nations _ to select their leaders. But he also has noted bitterness and growing impatience among all of Iraq's major sects and ethnic groups with the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Barzani told Ker...
by Guhdar Koerd
Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe There are more than thirty million Kurds - most of them living in an overlapping area of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey. It is said to be the biggest ethnic community in the world without a homeland. In some of the countries in which they live, they are prevented from speaking their language or obtaining citizenship. Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi leader, used chemical weapons against the Kurds, destroyed their villages and killed tens of thousands of them during his rule. The bodies are still being unearthed. The US encouraged them to rise up against Saddam when his forces were driven out of Kuwait in 1991 but then left them hanging. And thousands died fleeing to Turkey as refugees. But the no-fly zone that the US, British and French ...
Al Jazeera's Martine Dennis travelled to Erbil, the capital of the Kurds semi-autonomous region in the north of the country - where they have prospered since the removal of Saddam Hussein - to find out whether we are truly witnessing the start of the break-up of Iraq. Masoud Barzani talks to Al Jazeera about autonomy, the current state of Iraq and the Kurds' role in the country.
SHOTLIST ++PLEASE NOTE - AUDIO AS INCOMING: MUTE++ 1. President of the semiautonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, Massoud Barzani, walking into meeting room and shaking hands with Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 2. Cutaway of cameras 3. Mid of Barzani in meeting 4. Wide of meeting 5. Mid of Ahmadinejad in meeting 6. Iranian delegation 7. Iraqi Ambassador to Iran, Mohammad Majid al-Sheikh 8. Iraqi delegation 9. Wide of meeting STORYLINE President of the semiautonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq Massoud Barzani met Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran on Wednesday. Barzani met Ahmadinejad on the second day of his trip to Iran. A day earlier Barzani met Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and during a joint news briefing, the two addresse...
Subscribe to France 24 now: http://bit.ly/France24Subscribe THE INTERVIEW : Masoud Barzani, president of the Iraqi Kurdistan region, speaks to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman. He discussed the situation in Iraq and the recent advances by the militant Islamic State group. Visit our website: http://www.france24.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=france24english Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/France24_en
Subscribe to France 24 now : http://f24.my/youtubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 http://f24.my/YTliveEN Military plans to retake Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) group are ready, the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region told FRANCE 24 on Friday, claiming the Iraqi city could be retaken before the end of 2016 if a deal on its future administration is reached. The Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, backed by a US-led coalition that includes France, will conduct the offensive but the role of pro-government militias has not been determined, Masoud Barzani said in an interview. "There have been multiple meetings between leaders of the Peshmerga and the Iraqi army. They have finally agreed on the military plan," said the president of Iraq's autonomous K...
Masoud Barzani President of Kurdistan in Interview with CNN Christiane Amanpour
We are delighted to host H.E. Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, hosted jointly by the Atlantic Council and the United States Institute of Peace on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Atlantic Council (1030 15th Street, NW, 12th floor). President Barzani's visit to Washington-his first in three years-comes at a critical moment. The Kurdistan Region of Iraq is fighting a full-fledged war against ISIS, while at the same time grappling with a gruesome refugee crisis and severe financial difficulties. The KRI's complex relations with Turkey and Iran, as well as with the Iraqi central government, are challenging as well. The region has significant oil and gas wealth, yet has struggled to monetize it because of disagreements with Baghdad over en...
ANKARA, TURKEY - DECEMBER 9: President of KRG Masoud Barzani (C) arrives in Ankara, Turkey on December 9, 2015 to meet with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Footage by Fatih Basaran / Anadolu Agency . Read More : http://news.videonews.us
Secretary General for Christian Hashed units, known as Babylon Brigades, Rayan Kelidani called on the President of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani to hold some politicians accountable for what he calls 'abusive attitude' towards Hashed minority forces. Kelidani rejected the efforts of the Kurdistan regional government and some politicians aimed at dividing the province of Nineveh to multiple administrative units. He warn that the Christian movement in Iraq and the rest of minorities in the province do not want to raise arms against the authorities in order to avoid bloodshed.
Abonnez-vous à notre chaîne sur YouTube : http://f24.my/youtube En DIRECT - Suivez FRANCE 24 ici : http://f24.my/YTliveFR Dans un entretien accordé à France 24, le président du gouvernement régional du Kurdistan irakien Massoud Barzani souligne que la reprise de Mossoul se ferait en coordination avec Bagdad et grâce à un soutien militaire français. Les plans militaires pour la reprise de Mossoul sont "prêts", a indiqué le président du gouvernement régional du Kurdistan irakien, Massoud Barzani, vendredi 9 septembre, dans un entretien accordé à France 24. Et l’armée irakienne et les forces peshmerga, soutenues par la coalition dirigée par les États-Unis, conduiront l’offensive ensemble, a-t-il indiqué après que des réunions ont eu lieu entre les deux entités pour coordonner leurs efforts m...
President massoud barzani, Erdogan accepted 23 August 2016
Masoud Barzani heads a delegation and is expected to discuss political and economic relations with Turkey senior officials as well as latest political developments.
مەسعود مستەفا شێخ محەمەد شێخ عەبدولسەلام شێخ عەبدوڵڵا شێخ تاجەدین 16-8-1946 لە مەھاباد لە سەروبەندی کۆماری کوردستان لە دایک بووە، لە تەمەنی 10 ساڵی بۆ یەکەمجار باوکی خۆی بینیوە و لەگەڵ ئامۆزای خۆی هاوژینە و، خاوەنی 8 منداڵە، ئێستا بارزانی یەکێکە لە ناسراوترین کەسایەتییە سیاسییەکانی رۆژهەڵاتی ناوەڕاست و جیهان". دایکی مەسعود بارزانی ناوی حەمائیل خانە کچی مەحموود ئاغای زێبارییە و، رۆڵی گەورەی لە ژیانی کوڕەکەی گێڕاوە، لە ھەڤپەیڤنێکدا کە لە ساڵی 2009 ئەنجامیداوە بارزانی دەڵێ: " دایکم ژنێکی زۆر میھرەبان بوو، نەیھێشت بۆشایی باوکم بۆ دروست بێت". بارزانی قۆناخی سەرەتایی لە موسڵ خوێندووە، پاشان لە بەغدا دەستی بە خوێندنی ناوەندی کردووە. دوای 10 ساڵ و لە 6-10-1958 بارزانی بۆ یەکەمجار باوکی خۆی بنیوە، ئەمەش دوای ئەوەی مستەفا بارزانی لە موسکۆەوە گەڕایەوە بەغدا، لەمبارەیەوە بارزانی دەڵێ " بە بیرم...
SkyNews President Massoud Barzani sunday 12/10/2014
له ههولێر، به ئامادهبوونى سهرۆك بارزانى و بهشداریى دهیان ههزار كهس كهرنهڤاڵى یادى 37 ساڵهى شۆڕشى گوڵان بهڕێوهچوو ئێڤاریا ئیرۆ ل باژێرێ ههولێرێ ب ئامادهبوونا سهرۆك مهسعود بارزانى و ههژمارهكه ئهندامێن مهكتهبا سیاسی و سهركردایهتیێ و بهرپرسیارێن بلند یێن پارتى یا دهموكراتا كوردستانێ و بهشدارى كرنا دههان ههزار كهسان، كهرنهڤاڵا بیرئانینا سیه و ههفتهمین ساڵڤهگهرا پێخستنا شۆرهشا گولانا پێشدهچۆن خوازا نیشتیمانى هاته رێخستن . لهو كهرنهڤاڵهدا سهرۆك مهسعوود بارزانى گووتهیهكى پێشكهش كرد و تیایدا پیرۆزبایى ساڵڕۆژى ههڵگیرسانى شۆڕشى گوڵانى له جهماوهر كرد و ڕایگهیاند شۆڕِشى گوڵانى پێشكهوتنخوازى نیشتمانى درێژه پێدهرى شۆڕشى مهزنى ئهیلوله . ڕاشیگهیاند كه خهباتى گهلهكهمان خهباتێكى دوور و درێژه و خهباتى گهلهكهمان ههوراز و نشێوى زۆرى به...
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Hevpeyvîna Mesûd Barzanî Serokê Herêma Kurdistanê ya bernameya (Bi saraha ma Zina Yazici) ya televizyona Sky News Arabia (16.03.2016)
Masoud Barzani discusses the current situation in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, including the energy sector, humanitarian efforts, as well as overall security against the ISIS threat. Speaker: Masoud Barzani, President, Kurdistan Region of Iraq