 However, from the very beginning in Iran, Ibrahim Ahmad's leftist politics, "intellectualism", and support for Qazi Muhammad put him at odds with the faction of the KDP loyal to Mustafa Barzani and his traditionalist-conservative tribal support base.It was "well-known in nationalist circles that the relations between the two men Mustafa and Qazi were not easy".Ibrahim Ahmad was soon joined by up-and-coming intellectual and socialist Jalal Talabani.