He previously worked as a senior Project Manager for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO) in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

[3] He has attended many conferences and official meetings on behalf of Kurdish political parties and Iraqi opposition groups during Saddam's regime.

Rashid has also represented Kurdish politics and Iraqi opposition groups to Saddam in official meetings with various international institutions and governments.

[10] On 8 April 2023, Rashid condemned Turkey's alleged bombardment of an area near Sulaimaniyah airport inside Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.

A source from the Turkish Defense Ministry stated to Agence France Press that Turkey's armed forces "undertook no such activity.

"[11] Speaking on 27 February 2023, Rashid said that the 2003 invasion of Saddam-ruled Iraq by the United States and its allies was "necessary" because of the regime's "brutality."

[12][13] The Iraqi president expressed the belief that "improving relations with neighbors, including Iran, Syria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Jordan, is a source of strength for Iraq.