I hope this won't happen, I hope also that the United States will not violate
its obligations on mutual general plan of action.
Unilateral sanctions are not legitimate in principle,
but when these sanctions are being used to turn in one's favor a very
carefully crafted balance reached while trying to resolve one or
another problem - and namely this kind of balance has been
reached on the issue of the Iranian nuclear program -
I think these actions are reckless and they can damage
or destroy this balance. This kind of provocations
should not take place.
Whatever the people of Kirkuk decide within the referendum,
that decision should be respected.
Our main goal is to implement and achieve the decision
of our people through peace and dialogue.
I don't think anybody can stand against the big wave of the people
of Kurdistan when they decide their destiny.
Maybe there will be some attempts to foil (it)...
We will try our best not to allow that to happen.
When the country faces many problems, an independence
referendum would worsen the situation.
God forbid, it could even lead to a civil war. This is serious.
We have clearly told them we are against this referendum
and they shouldn't hold it. We will continue to say that.