ANF – Rubin: Masrour Barzani is in big trouble

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Masrour Barzani is in “deep trouble” following a filing by the Kurdistan Victims Fund of an updated complaint against him and several members of his family, U.S. academic Michael Rubin has warned. The new 396-page complaint, filed on 9 January 2025, alleges complicity in “murder, torture, genocide, and arbitrary detention.” In an interview with ANF, Rubin said that Masrour “cannot claim immunity for crimes that were not part of the state, such as kidnapping and murder.” He added that the Kurdistan Victims Fund is in possession of “secret documents”, which means that, according to him, “every Kurd is going to have a look at the secret accounts and bank books that the Barzanis kept that detail billions of dollars in stolen money…unless Masrour settles the case before trial.”