On 5 September, Sabereen News (KH — affiliated) alleged that Erbil Municipality, acting under Masoud Barzani’s direction, removed Arabic-language commercial signs and replaced them with Kurdish signs. The accompanying image shows nighttime work involving a crane-mounted platform and shopfronts bearing Arabic and Kurdish text, but it does not establish a municipal directive or a before-and-after replacement.
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated05 Sept, 23:32
“Erbil Municipality, under the direction of “smuggler” Masoud Barzani, removed commercial signs written in Arabic and replaced them with Kurdish signs.”
بلدية أربيل وبتوجيه من القجقجي مسعود البرازاني قامت بإزالة لوحات المحال التجارية المكتوبة باللغة العربية واستبدالها باللغة الكردية.
an Erbil Municipality directive, confirmation from affected shopkeepers, adoption by an official KH channel, or a documented Kurdish replacement sign—any of these moves this file.