Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani speaks during an interview with Reuters in Arbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, May 12, 2014. The president of Iraqi Kurdistan, Masoud Barzani, said Iraq had been led in an authoritarian direction by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and threatened to end the oil-rich autonomous region’s participation in the federal government. Picture taken May 12, 2014. To match Interview KURDS-BARZANI/ REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ – Tags: POLITICS)