A woman walks past a?portrait?of?late former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, that hangs on a street wall?in Sulaimaniyah,?Iraq, June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed?Jalal 

Kurdish mourners cry near the Great Mosque as they are waiting for the arrival of the coffin of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani in Sulaimaniya, Iraq, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

Kurdish mourners carry the pictures of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani in Sulaimaniya, Iraq, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

A Kurdish mourner holds a picture of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani in Sulaimaniya, Iraq, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

Kurdish mourners hold pictures of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani in Sulaimaniya, Iraq, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

Kurdish mourners surround the car carrying the coffin of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani in Sulaimaniya, Iraq, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

Kurdish mourners hold pictures of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani in Sulaimaniya, Iraq, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

Kurdish mourners surround the car carrying the coffin of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani in Sulaimaniya, Iraq, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

Kurdish mourners hold pictures of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani in Sulaimaniya, Iraq, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

Mourners gather in front of the Great Mosque in Sulaimaniya waiting for the arrival of the coffin of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani at Sulaimaniya, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

The coffin of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani is covered with a Kurdish flag at Sulaimaniya Airport, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

The coffin of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani is covered with a Kurdish flag at Sulaimaniya Airport, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif stands in front of the coffin of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani at Sulaimaniya Airport, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani walks towards the coffin of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani at Sulaimaniya Airport, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani puts a wreath in front of the coffin of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani at Sulaimaniya Airport, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

Iraq's President Fuad Masum stands in front of the coffin of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani at Sulaimaniya Airport, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri stands in front of the coffin of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani at Sulaimaniya Airport, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

The coffin of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani is covered with a Kurdish flag at Sulaimaniya Airport, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani is seen between the officials waiting for the arrival of the body of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani at Sulaimaniya Airport, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

Iraq's Kurdish Regional Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani prays in front of the coffin of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani at Sulaimaniya Airport, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

The coffin of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani is covered with a Kurdish flag at Sulaimaniya Airport, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

The coffin of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani is covered with a Kurdish flag at Sulaimaniya Airport, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

The coffin of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani is covered with a Kurdish flag at Sulaimaniya Airport, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

Iraqi President Fuad Masum receives the body of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani at Sulaimaniya Airport, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

Iraqi Airways plane lands with the body of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani at Sulaimaniya Airport, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

General view of officials waiting for the arrival of the body of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani at Sulaimaniya Airport, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed 

A top Kurdish counter-terrorism official Lahur Talabany speaks during an interview with Reuters in Sulaimania, Iraq July 17, 2017. REUTERS/Ari Jalal 

A top Kurdish counter-terrorism official Lahur Talabany speaks during an interview with Reuters in Sulaimania, Iraq July 17, 2017. REUTERS/Ari Jalal 

Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, the wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, casts her vote at a polling station in Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, 30, 2014. Iraqis headed to the polls on Wednesday in their first national election since U.S. forces withdrew from Iraq in 2011, with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki seeking a third term amid rising violence .REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) 

Hero Ibrahim Ahmed, the wife of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, shows her ink-stained finger at a polling station in Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, 30, 2014. Iraqis headed to the polls on Wednesday in their first national election since U.S. forces withdrew from Iraq in 2011, with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki seeking a third term amid rising violence .REUTERS/Ako Rasheed (IRAQ - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) 

Iraqi SWAT troopers and Iraqi soldiers stand guard near a portrait of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani at a checkpoint outside the presidential compound as they replace Kurdish peshmerga guards in Baghdad's Jadriyah district March 23, 2014. An Iraqi journalist, Mohammed Badawi, was shot dead by a Kurdish officer at a checkpoint in Baghdad on Saturday as he went to work, provoking protests by other journalists and a promise by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to arrest the perpetrator. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) MEDIA) 

Iraqi SWAT troopers stand guard near a portrait of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani at a checkpoint outside the presidential compound as they replace Kurdish peshmerga guards in Baghdad's Jadriyah district March 23, 2014. An Iraqi journalist, Mohammed Badawi, was shot dead by a Kurdish officer at a checkpoint in Baghdad on Saturday as he went to work, provoking protests by other journalists and a promise by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to arrest the perpetrator. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) MEDIA) 

An Iraqi SWAT trooper stands guard near a portrait of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani at a checkpoint outside the presidential compound as they replace Kurdish peshmerga guards in Baghdad's Jadriyah district March 23, 2014. An Iraqi journalist, Mohammed Badawi, was shot dead by a Kurdish officer at a checkpoint in Baghdad on Saturday as he went to work, provoking protests by other journalists and a promise by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to arrest the perpetrator. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) MEDIA) 

People walk through the main entrance to the Virchow campus of the Charite hospital in Berlin, December 20, 2012. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has arrived in Germany for medical treatment, the German government confirmed on Thursday, after he suffered a stroke earlier in the week. Sources told Reuters that Talabani was being treated at Berlin's Charite hospital. A black Mercedes with Iraqi diplomatic license plates was seen leaving the Virchow campus of Charite on Thursday morning. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Picture shows the main entrance to the Virchow campus of the Charite hospital in Berlin, December 20, 2012. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has arrived in Germany for medical treatment, the German government confirmed on Thursday, after he suffered a stroke earlier in the week. Sources told Reuters that Talabani was being treated at Berlin's Charite hospital. A black Mercedes with Iraqi diplomatic license plates was seen leaving the Virchow campus of Charite on Thursday morning. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

People walk through the main entrance to the Virchow campus of the Charite hospital in Berlin, December 20, 2012. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has arrived in Germany for medical treatment, the German government confirmed on Thursday, after he suffered a stroke earlier in the week. Sources told Reuters that Talabani was being treated at Berlin's Charite hospital. A black Mercedes with Iraqi diplomatic license plates was seen leaving the Virchow campus of Charite on Thursday morning. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Iraqi Sunni parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi (L),the president of the autonomous Kurdistan region Massud Barzani (2nd L),Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (C),Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr (2nd R),and former Premier Iyad Allawi (R), convene during a meeting of Iraqi leaders in Arbil, about 350 km (220 miles) north of Baghdad April 28, 2012. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) 

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas(2nd L) talks to Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir(2nd R) during the opening session of the 23rd Arab League summit in Baghdad March 29, 2012. At right is Iraq's President Jalal Talabani. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) 

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (R) and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani stand for the national anthem during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year. Violence in the country has dropped sharply since the heights of sectarian slaughter in 2006-2007, but at least 10 people were killed in a bombing just north of the capital Baghdad. REUTERS/Khalid Mohammed/Pool (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT) 

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (R) speaks to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year. Violence in the country has dropped sharply since the heights of sectarian slaughter in 2006-2007, but at least 10 people were killed in a bombing just north of the capital Baghdad. REUTERS/Khalid Mohammed/Pool (IRAQ - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT) 

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (L) speaks to U.S. And Iraqi soldiers as Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (R), U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, (2nd R) and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey listen during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year. Violence in the country has dropped sharply since the heights of sectarian slaughter in 2006-2007, but at least 10 people were killed in a bombing just north of the capital Baghdad. REUTERS/Khalid Mohammed/Pool (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT) 

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (L) speaks next to U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year. Violence in the country has dropped sharply since the heights of sectarian slaughter in 2006-2007, but at least 10 people were killed in a bombing just north of the capital Baghdad. REUTERS/Khalid Mohammed/Pool (IRAQ - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT) 

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (R) shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) as Iraqi President Jalal Talabani looks on during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year. Violence in the country has dropped sharply since the heights of sectarian slaughter in 2006-2007, but at least 10 people were killed in a bombing just north of the capital Baghdad. REUTERS/Khalid Mohammed/Pool (IRAQ - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT) 

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (L) speaks as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey (2nd L-R), U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani listen during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year. Violence in the country has dropped sharply since the heights of sectarian slaughter in 2006-2007, but at least 10 people were killed in a bombing just north of the capital Baghdad. REUTERS/Khalid Mohammed/Pool (IRAQ - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT) 

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) shakes hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year. Violence in the country has dropped sharply since the heights of sectarian slaughter in 2006-2007, but at least 10 people were killed in a bombing just north of the capital Baghdad. REUTERS/Khalid Mohammed/Pool (IRAQ - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT) 

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) looks on as Gen. Lloyd Austin (C), the top U.S. commander in Iraq, shakes hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (L) during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year. Violence in the country has dropped sharply since the heights of sectarian slaughter in 2006-2007, but at least 10 people were killed in a bombing just north of the capital Baghdad. REUTERS/Khalid Mohammed/Pool (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT) 

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey (L), U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (2nd L), Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) and Iraq's President Jalal Talabani stand for the national anthem during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year. Violence in the country has dropped sharply since the heights of sectarian slaughter in 2006-2007, but at least 10 people were killed in a bombing just north of the capital Baghdad. REUTERS/Khalid Mohammed/Pool (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY) 

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey (L), U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (2nd L), Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) and Iraq's President Jalal Talabani stand for the national anthem during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year. Violence in the country has dropped sharply since the heights of sectarian slaughter in 2006-2007, but at least 10 people were killed in a bombing just north of the capital Baghdad. REUTERS/Khalid Mohammed/Pool (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY) 

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey (L), U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (2nd L), Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) and Iraq's President Jalal Talabani attend one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year. Violence in the country has dropped sharply since the heights of sectarian slaughter in 2006-2007, but at least 10 people were killed in a bombing just north of the capital Baghdad. REUTERS/Khalid Mohammed/Pool (IRAQ - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT POLITICS) 

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey (L), U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (2nd L), Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) and Iraq's President Jalal Talabani attend one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year. Violence in the country has dropped sharply since the heights of sectarian slaughter in 2006-2007, but at least 10 people were killed in a bombing just north of the capital Baghdad. REUTERS/Khalid Mohammed/Pool (IRAQ - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT POLITICS) 

Iraq's President Jalal Talabani speaks during one of several planned ceremonies to mark the end of American military presence in Iraq, in Baghdad, December 1, 2011. The last 13,000 U.S. troops will pull out of Iraq by the end of the year. Violence in the country has dropped sharply since the heights of sectarian slaughter in 2006-2007, but at least 10 people were killed in a bombing just north of the capital Baghdad. REUTERS/Iraqi Government/Handout (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) 

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) talks to Iraq's President Jalal Talabani during his visit to Baghdad November 30, 2011. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) 

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden smiles during his meeting with Iraq's President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad November 30, 2011. U.S. Vice President Biden said on Wednesday the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq opened a new phase in relations between the two countries, including a robust security partnership. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) 

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) talks to Iraq's President Jalal Talabani during his visit to Baghdad November 30, 2011. Joe Biden said on Wednesday the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq opened a new phase in relations between the two countries, including a robust security partnership. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) 

Iraq's President Jalal Talabani addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 23, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

Iraq's President Jalal Talabani addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 23, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

Iraq's President Jalal Talabani addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 23, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

Iraq's President Jalal Talabani addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 23, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

Iraq's President Jalal Talabani waits to address the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 23, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)