Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou was a Kurdish politician and leader. Ghassemlou was the Secretary-General of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan from 1971 until his assassination in 1989 by individuals suspected of being agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Jalal Talabani was a Kurdish-Iraqi politician who served as the sixth president of Iraq from 2005 to 2014, as well as the president of the Governing Council of Iraq. He was the first non-Arab president of Iraq.

source:https://worldleaders.columbia.edu/directory/jalal-talabani

Peshmarga is the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Iraqi Kurdistan military. Their existence dates back to the mid-20th Century when Mustafa Barzani picked up arms to fight for Kurdistan's autonomy.

source:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28738975

Who Are the Kurds?

The first AI episode about the Kurds.