Demonstrators gather outside the Kurdistan Parliament building in Erbil, Iraq October 29, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
An Iraqi Kurd holds a frame portraying the Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani, during a protest in support of him, in Arbil, the capital of autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan, on October 30, 2017. Long-time Kurdish leader Massud Barzani, the architect of the referendum, announced on October 29, 2017 he is stepping down after it led to Iraq's recapture of almost all disputed territories that had been under Kurdish control. / AFP / SAFIN HAMED
An Iraqi Kurd holds a poster portraying the Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani, during a protest in support of him, in Arbil, the capital of autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan, on October 30, 2017. Long-time Kurdish leader Massud Barzani, the architect of the referendum, announced on October 29, 2017 he is stepping down after it led to Iraq's recapture of almost all disputed territories that had been under Kurdish control. / AFP / SAFIN HAMED
Iraqi Kurds hold frames portraying the Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani, during a protest in his support, in Arbil, the capital of autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan, on October 30, 2017. Long-time Kurdish leader Massud Barzani, the architect of the referendum, announced on October 29, 2017 he is stepping down after it led to Iraq's recapture of almost all disputed territories that had been under Kurdish control. / AFP / SAFIN HAMED
Iraqi Kurds march during a protest in support of the Iraqi Kurdish leader, in Arbil, the capital of autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan, on October 30, 2017. Long-time Kurdish leader Massud Barzani, the architect of the referendum, announced on October 29, 2017 he is stepping down after it led to Iraq's recapture of almost all disputed territories that had been under Kurdish control. / AFP / SAFIN HAMED
An Iraqi Kurd holds a frame portraying the Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani, during a protest in support of him, in Arbil, the capital of autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan, on October 30, 2017. Long-time Kurdish leader Massud Barzani, the architect of the referendum, announced on October 29, 2017 he is stepping down after it led to Iraq's recapture of almost all disputed territories that had been under Kurdish control. / AFP / SAFIN HAMED
An Iraqi Kurd wears a scarf bearing a portrait of the Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani, during a protest in support of him, in Arbil, the capital of autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan, on October 30, 2017. Long-time Kurdish leader Massud Barzani, the architect of the referendum, announced on October 29, 2017 he is stepping down after it led to Iraq's recapture of almost all disputed territories that had been under Kurdish control. / AFP / SAFIN HAMED
Demonstrators try to pass through a police blockade at the Kurdistan Parliament building in Erbil, Iraq October 29, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari