Early life Idris Barzani was born in 1944 in
Barzan, a village in Iraqi Kurdistan, into the prominent
Barzani family led by his father,
Mullah Mustafa Barzani. His early childhood coincided with a turbulent period in Kurdish history, marked by repeated uprisings and displacement.
1970 Iraqi–Kurdish Autonomy Agreement On 10 March 1970, the Iraqi regime reached
an agreement with the
Kurds for the creation of an autonomous region in the north of the country. Barzani played a major role in this.
Exile, KDP, and death Following the collapse of the
1975 Algiers Agreement and the subsequent defeat of the Kurdish movement, Barzani went into exile in Iran together with his family and thousands of other Kurdish families. During this period, the
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) faced severe organizational and political challenges as it sought to rebuild its structures after the collapse of the armed struggle against the
Ba'athist government. After the death of his father in 1979, Barzani emerged as one of the party's most influential political figures and strategists, working closely with his brother
Massoud Barzani during the reorganization of the KDP and the restoration of its political presence in exile. Barzani died of a heart attack on 31 January 1987 in the
Silvaneh sub-district near Urmia in Iranian Kurdistan and was buried in
Oshnavieh, Iran. Following the
1991 uprising and the establishment of Kurdish self-rule in parts of northern Iraq, his remains were transferred to Barzan in October 1993, where he was reburied. ==References==