Iraqis walk past Kurdish flags in central Kirkuk on the eve of an independence referendum for the autonomous region of Kurdistan, September 24, 2017. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
An Kurdish man registers before voting in early parliamentary elections at a polling station in the Kurdistan Region's Erbil, Oct. 10, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)
The president of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Masoud Barzani in meeting with KDP bloc members at the Iraqi parliament, July 2, 2022. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds up a letter of commitment to innovation at a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, June 30, 2022. (Photo: Paul White/AP)
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) President Masoud Barzani in meeting with British Ambassador to Iraq Mark Bryson-Richardson in Erbil, June 30, 2022 (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with British Ambassador to Iraq Mark Richard-Bryanson in Erbil, June 30, 2022 (Photo: KRG)
Iranian FM Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meets Josep Borrell, high representative of the EU for foreign affairs and security policy at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in, Tehran, Iran, on June 25, 2022 (Photo: Atta Kenare/AFP/File)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) during his meeting with outgoing US Consul General to Erbil Robert Palladino, June 29, 2022 (Photo: KRG)
The signing of a memorandum in which Turkey agreed to Finland and Sweden's membership of NATO in Madrid, Spain, June 28, 2022. (Photo: Bernat Armangue/AP)
