Nechirvan Barzani

Nechirvan Barzani, head of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, mediated behind-the-scenes contact between the U.S. and the IRGC, including two Baghdad meetings with Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani, Al Arabiya reports. Tehran denies it.

Senior Iraqi Kurdish sources say Nichervan Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Region, met twice in Baghdad with IRGC Quds Force commander Ismail Qaani over the past two months, passing messages as part of secret U.S.–Iran mediation. - Al-Arabiya

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani is in Damascus, his first visit since Assad fell, and met with President Ahmed al-Sharaa.