Barzan Baran Rashid graduated from the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) in United States. He is a preacher at the Hamid Sian Mosque of the Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs and a researcher/specialist in the field of foreign communities in the United States of America.

Barzan participated in the workshop on co-existence and peaceful living of religious minorities in the US in 2014 and has been awarded the International Leadership Certificate of the IAPTLD. He is also a member the of Erbil Conference of Citizenship and Peace organization in Erbil City, Iraq.