Bestoon Khalid hosted a conference on September 25, 2021 being organized by the Centre Français de Recherche sur l'Irak in collaboration with the French embassy in Iraq. The conference's title was "Iraq: a Tragic Destiny," in which a number of French researchers presented their recent papers on Iraq.
President of Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani and French Ambassador to Iraq Eric Chevalier were keynote speakers in the conference.