Iraqi Ex-President Jalal Talabani Dies

TEHRAN (defapress)- Kurdish officials said former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has died in a Berlin hospital at the age of 83.

News ID: 66127

Date: 03 October 2017 - 21:00

A close family friend and a senior Kurdish official in Irbil say Talabani died after his condition rapidly deteriorated on Tuesday, Daily Star reported.

He had suffered a stroke in 2012 and was moved to a German hospital later that year for treatment.

Talabani led one of Iraq's main Kurdish factions and went on to become the country's president after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein.

He was often seen as a unifying elder statesman who could soothe tempers among Iraq's Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.