Aras Habib

Business leader

Aras Habib Mohammad Karim is an Iraqi politician, businessman, financier, and former militant leader of Kurdish origin, who was also a Feyli Kurdish community leader. He was close with Ahmed Chalabi and joined the Iraqi National Congress (INC) when it was founded in 1992, becoming its leader in 2015. He was one of the most prominent advocates for the 2003 invasion of Iraq but later fell out with US authorities who believed he was working for Iran. Aras Habib also founded and owned the Al-Bilad Islamic Bank in Iraq.