"إقليم كردستان" (Iqlīm Kurdistān) refers to the

Kurdistan Region

, an autonomous region in northern Iraq. It[SQ]s important to note that this is not the entirety of the geographical area Kurds consider Kurdistan, which spans parts of Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey. The Kurdistan Region of Iraq has its own government, parliament, and president, but its sovereignty is still within the framework of the Iraqi federal system.