ABSTRACT
Beginning in 1968, the citizenship laws were amended several times with the purpose of denying Faylee Kurds Iraqi nationality and, at the same time, to justify their systematic forced deportation from Iraq. The Treaty of Lausanne, signed on 24 July 1923, by the Allies and the Ottoman Empire, dealt only with the transfer of citizenship of former Ottoman citizens to the newly created states. After the 1979 Iranian revolution, Iraq's relations with Iran deteriorated dramatically, especially because Iran threatened to export its revolution to other areas of the Arab world. In their case, in producing the texts of the decrees issued by the Iraqi government, it is evident that there is a strong relationship between this genocide and legislation. Faylee Kurds were the only remaining group standing against the Ba'athists. Faylee Kurds always appreciated Kassim for being a socialist and democrat and for his belief in human dignity, having himself come from a very poor background.
