(Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan plans to strengthen its relationship withIran, the prime minister of the semi-autonomous region said on Wednesday in an acknowledgement of the deepening ties between Arbil and Tehran. Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani said in a statement a new oil deal between Arbil and Baghdad would not impact the Kurdistan Regional Government's ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Governor General of Irans West Azarbaijan province Ghorban Ali Saadat underlined the development of commercial interactions with Iraqs semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. In a Sunday meeting with Nozad Hadi, the governor general of Iraqi Arbil province, Sa'adat called for increasing the level of trade exchanges between the two sides....

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A team of Iranian physicians will be dispatched to the Iraqi Kurdistan Regions city of Arbil on a week-long mission to provide medical services to a broad range of patients. The decision to send the 12-member medical team to Arbil was taken following a request by Masoud Barzani, president of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and the ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran has denounced a bomb attack in Iraqs Kurdistan region that left at least six people dead earlier. On Sunday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham also expressed sympathy with the families of the victims. Terrorist acts are carried out in Iraq in line with the continuation of divisive moves by the enemies ...