Ayoub Barzani is a

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writer and critic. He is the son of Babo Barzani,

Ahmed Barzani Ahmed Mohammad Barzani (1896 – 11 January 1969) (), also known as Khudan (), was a Kurdish leader of the Barzani tribe. The first of the major Barzani revolts took place in 1931 after Sheikh Ahmed Barzani, one of the most prominent Kurdish lea ...

's (The head of Barzan tribe) nephew and the first-cousin of

Massoud Barzani Masoud Barzani (; born 16 August 1946) is a Kurdish politician who has been leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, and was President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq from 2005 to 2017. Early life and career Barzani was bo ...

, the former

President of Iraqi Kurdistan The president of Kurdistan Region is the head of Autonomous administrative division, semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. They are part of the Kurdistan Presidency Council. The current president of Kurdistan Region is Nechirvan Bar ...

. He took refuge in Iran after the collapse of the Kurdish revolt in 1975. While in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

, he was arrested and intimidated by the

ian secret service, the (

SAVAK The Bureau for Intelligence and Security of the State (), shortened to as SAVAK () or S.A.V.A.K. () was the secret police of the Imperial State of Iran. It was established in Tehran in 1957 by national security law. and continued to operate un ...

). He left Iran at the end of 1976 and sought asylum in the UK. Ayoub Barzani currently resides in Switzerland, where he is a co-founder of an organisation known as Kurdistan Democratic Alliance. He was interviewed by Michael M. Gunter for his book.

Works

"The Assassination of the Spiritual Guide", ''Kurdish Aspect''
* ''Barzan and the Awakening of the Kurdish National Movement 1828–1914''
''Introduction to Kurdish Resistance to Occupation 1914 - 1958''

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