Tag: Iraq: Kurd Secession

 NOVANEWS Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is seen with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a welcoming ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 4, 2017. | Photo: Reuters "The only beneficiaries are the Zionist regime and the U.S.," Ayatollah Khamenei said. Warning against alleged foreign plots, the leaders of Turkey and Iran said harsh measures would be taken against Iraqi Kurdistan to maintain Iraq’s territorial integrity from attempts to secede from Baghdad following an independence referendum. RELATED: Last Flight Departs as Iraq Imposes Ban for Kurdish Independence Vote The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, speaking in a televised press conference with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, called on Kurdish leaders to reverse their decisions or else Iran and T...