Barzani says Kurdistan referendum on time despite Baghdad pressures
September 07 2017
01:10 AM
Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani said on Wednesday Baghdad does not accept a real partnership stressing the independence referendum will be held as scheduled on Sept. 25
Barzani's statements came during a meeting he held with a number of Kurdish writers, artists and poets in Erbil.

For 10 years, they have been calling for the rights of the Peshmerga forces without providing areal support Barzani said.

In return, they passed in only two hours a law to provide Iran-backed IMIS terrror group with weapons and ammunition he added.
Barzani complained there were strong pressures to dely the refrendum
But he stressed it would be held on time
Kurdish people have sought to acheive independence after sectarianism controlled everything in Iraq Brzani said. https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/16605/Barzani-says-Kurdistan-referendum-on-time-despite-Baghdad-pressures