This is how the Iranian regime treats their neighbors. These actions by Iran and its proxies are a direct assault on Iraq’s sovereignty, stability, and unity. https://t.co/BydtMxP3Ww
Je viens de m’entretenir avec le Président de la région autonome du Kurdistan irakien Nechirvan Barzani.
Je lui ai fait part de mon soutien à la suite de l’attaque inacceptable qui a visé sa résidence à Dohouk ce matin. Ce développement très préoccupant s’ajoute à une recrudescence des attaques contre les institutions irakiennes, comme celle qui a causé la mort de six Peshmergas cette semaine et pour laquelle j’ai fait adressé au Président Barzani toutes mes condoléances.
La souveraineté de l’Irak, et du Kurdistan en son sein, sont indispensables à la stabilité régionale. Tout doit être fait pour éviter que l’Irak ne soit entraîné dans l’escalade en cours. La France demeure aux côtés de ses partenaires irakiens.
The attack on @IKRPresident Barzani’s residence in Duhok, Kurdistan by Iranian-controlled militias was an unprovoked escalation.
The Hashd are playing with fire. They need to stop.
I spoke with Secretary @SecRubio. He expressed his condolences on the recent loss of six Peshmerga.
We reaffirmed our strong KRG–US relationship.
We also discussed relations between the Kurdistan Region and the Federal Government, and economic challenges.
Today @SecRubio spoke with Kurdish Regional Government Prime Minister @MasrourBarzani to offer condolences to the families of the Peshmerga killed in terrorist attacks. The United States strongly condemns continued attacks by Iran and its terrorist militias in Iraq against civilian infrastructure in Iraq, the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, and across the Middle East.
A Clarification for the public in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq
Iraq’s Federal Ministry of Oil has issued a statement claiming that the Kurdistan Region is not ready to export oil through the pipeline to Türkiye’s Ceyhan port. To clarify this for the public, we underline the following:
1.The Ministry’s statement does not address the full dimensions of the issue. It distorts the facts and attempts to blame the Kurdistan Region in order to mislead public opinion.
2.Since January, the current government in Baghdad has imposed a suffocating embargo under the pretext of implementing the ASYCUDA customs system. It has prevented dollars from reaching the Kurdistan Region’s traders, effectively halting commercial activity. Baghdad has also failed to allocate the necessary time and arrangements for the Kurdistan Region to implement the system, something we requested from the beginning of this crisis.
3.Outlawed militias have made all of the Kurdistan Region’s oil, gas, and energy fields and facilities targets of their attacks. As a result of these terrorist attacks, production has been taken offline, leaving no oil available for export.
4.Baghdad is not prepared to confront these terrorist attacks against the Kurdistan Region or to prevent them. To date, no effective measures have been taken to stop these assaults.
5.Many of the perpetrators behind these attacks receive salaries and support from Baghdad, while the salaries of the people of the Kurdistan Region are consistently delayed and cut.
6.The Kurdistan Region has made clear, in every way, its readiness to help Iraq and the Kurdistan Region overcome this crisis. We have repeatedly called on Baghdad to begin a serious, constructive dialogue to resolve all of these issues. Instead, our requests have been ignored, and there are attempts to impose unconstitutional and illegal agendas on our region.
Ministry of Natural Resources
Kurdistan Regional Government
15/3/2026
Sweden allowing an Iranian militia figure to casually meet with the Iraqi embassy in a public restaurant says a lot.
Terrorism is infiltrating the west faster each day.
CNN's Clarissa Ward spoke with a senior Kurdish Regional Government official in Erbil, Iraq, who said they are '"really frightened" about possible retaliatory strikes by Tehran, if their territory is used as a launch pad for a potential ground offensive into Western Iran.
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