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BAGHDAD/LONDON (Reuters) – After helping Iraq stifle a Kurdish push for independence, Iran is now positioning itself to take control of oil exports from the region’s giant Kirkuk field, with the first deliveries expected within days, officials and trading sources said. In the weeks since September’s failed Kurdish independence referendum, Iraq has agreed for the…
On Monday South (or Iraqi) Kurdistan held its referendum for independence. In polling that outside observers deemed free and fair, some 70% of eligible voters in Kurdistan and territories just south of the recognized autonomous region of Kurdistan turned out. Sparking fury in Turkey, Iran and Baghdad, over 92% of these voters chose ‘yes’ for…