Iraqi Kurdish leader and ISCI head give joint press conference Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani and Shiite Muslim leader Ammar al-Hakim, the head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), gave a joint press conference Thursday on the top of Mount Zardak, where Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters hold a position during an operation against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists to retake the city of Mosul. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES