Regional and international pressure mounts on Kurdistan post independence referendum

Our correspondent Shahen H Noori, reporting on the letest from the Kurdistan Region after the independence referendum took place successfully and peacefully on 25th of September. Iraqi government has issued over ten orders and an ultimatum for the Kurdish authorities to follow.

Kurds celebrate after the announcement of the results of the independence referendum in Erbil, Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, 26 September 2017. Source: AAP