Agreement

Iraqi–Kurdish autonomy agreement, 1970

An autonomy agreement ended a revolt that began in 1961; it collapsed in 1974.

What happened

The longest of Mustafa Barzani’s revolts began in 1961 and ended with an autonomy agreement in 1970, which collapsed four years later.[1]

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    Claim: Mustafa Barzani returned to Iraq in 1958 and led revolts against Iraqi governments; the longest began in 1961 and ended with an autonomy agreement in 1970, which collapsed in 1974.

    • International Centre for Defence and Security, A Hundred Years of Attempts to Create an Independent Kurdistan (International Centre for Defence and Security (Tallinn), 19 December 2017) link, section on the Molla Mustafa Barzani movement. Source record
    • BBC News, Who are the Kurds? (BBC, First published 21 October 2014; updated 15 October 2019) link, section on Iraq. Source record

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