Irans foreign minister says the foreign, interior, and energy ministries have formed a joint committee to follow up on the issues related to cross-border rivers and the construction of dams in some neighboring countries, adding that Tehran has held bilateral talks with Turkey, Iraq, and Afghanistan over the issues.
Speaking about the actions taken ...
Iranian Diplomacy | Ali Mousavi Khakhali: Amid the Coronovirus pandemic and the nosedive that oil price has taken, so much so that the government may not be able to pay the May salary of the civil servants, Iraq is still struggling over the vote of confidence to its new prime minister.
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, previously the director of Iraqi National ...
The Guardian | Intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi is regarded as being acceptable to both US and Iran
Iraqi lawmakers have approved a new prime minister and government after six months without one as parties squabbled until the last minute over cabinet seats in backroom deals.
The new prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraqs intelligence ...
TASS - The first death from the novel coronavirus has been recorded in Iraq, the Rudaw TV channel reported, citing local authorities.
According to the channel, a 70-year-old man died of the virus in the Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. He is said to have been a preacher. There is no information on whether he visited Iran before falling ill.
According ...
MNA Irans Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Sunday that Iraqs security was at its highest during the Arbaeen ceremonies and Iran had no part in contributing to it.
"Iran had no part in providing security in Iraq, as Iraq's security was at its highest [for the Arbaeen march]. They didn't ask for our contribution," because they did ...
Sputnik - Earlier in the day, the United Arab Emirates stated that it would take part in a US-led maritime coalition that also includes Australia, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom.
Iraq's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmad al-Sahhaf stated Thursday that it would not join an international maritime mission to protect commercial shipping ...
MNA Iran has expressed commiserations with the Iraqi government and nation over a deadly stampede in the holy city of Karbala, which killed over 30 pilgrims and lefts dozens wounded.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi, in a statement on Tuesday, offered condolences with the Iraqi government and nation, especially the families ...
MNA Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Saturday discussed the Iranian nuclear case and ways to find peaceful solutions to avoid risks of tensions with the ambassadors of Britain, France and Germany.
A statement by his office said that Abdul Mahdi received the three ambassadors in Baghdad, and "discussed with them cooperation and coordination ...
MNA A US spy drone has crashed in northern Baghdad region, reported Iraqs Buratha News Agency on Friday.
The news outlet quotes some sources as saying that a US spy drone,numbered52187, has crashed in Radwaniyah region, north of Baghdad.
The report says that the drones body has not suffered major damages and that it may have been ...
Reuters - Iran said on Sunday that an oil tanker sized by its elite forces in the Gulf for smuggling fuel was an Iraqi ship, the official IRNA news agency reported.
The oil tanker that was captured on Wednesday for smuggling Irans fuel to other countries was an Iraqi ship, IRNA said, quoting Irans Revolutionary Guards Corps.
MNA Top Military Aide to the Iranian Leader, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, said Wed. that Iraq and Syria are strategically complementary to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
He made the remarks on Wednesday in his visit to southern Khuzestan province and added, Iraq and Syrias 60 million population serves as a good target export market for the ...
Sputnik - The Iraqi authorities are going to convey Tehran's proposal to conclude a nonaggression pact to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, Iraqi Ambassador to Tehran Saad Jawad Qandil said on Saturday.
"Iraqi officials welcomed him and announced that they would convey the proposal tothe countries ofthe Gulf, especially tothose who do not have relations ...
Tasnim Commander of Irans Army Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said Saudi Arabia had a role in the recent acts of sabotage in Iraqs capital Baghdad and in the United Arab Emirates.
Addressing a cultural meeting in Tehran on Wednesday, Major General Mousavi said if the evidence were to be revealed, it would show that the Saudis have punished the ...
IRNA - Head of the National Wisdom Movement of Iraq Seyyed Ammar Hakim referred to Iraq good ties with Iran and the US, saying the country is able to mediate between them regarding recent tensions.
Speaking in a meeting with US Charg d'Affaires in Iraq Joey Hood, Hakim expressed concerns over the recent tension between Iran and the US, saying it ...
Al-Monitor |Makram Najmuddine: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo decided May 8 to cancel his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and instead head to Iraq. The top US diplomat made it clear that he was visiting Baghdad to discuss increasing tensions with Iran.
An Iraqi official told Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity that Pompeo, in fact,...
IRNA - Head of the National Wisdom Movement of Iraq Seyyed Ammar Hakim called for Baghdads mediatory role between Tehran and Washington to prevent what he called outbreak of war in the region.
Addressing a ceremony marking 10th death anniversary of Seyyed Abdelaziz Hakim on Friday, he added, We are aware of consequences of the confrontation between ...
IRNA - Iraqs parliamentary summit kicked off in Baghdad on Saturday bringing together regional powers, including Iran, in a show of unity.
The one-day summit, titled 'Iraq, Stability and Development' is presided by Iraq's youngest-ever speaker of parliament Mohammed al-Halbusi, 38, who said Friday Iraq was 'honoured by the presence of its neighbours ...
IRNA - Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali al-Hakim said on Sunday that his country rejects the US presidents allegations on the occupied Syrian Golan as it contradicts the international legitimacy, SANA reported.
US president Trumps proclamation on Golan is unilateral and it violates the international legitimacy Iraq doesnt recognize it, al-Hakim ...
MNA Six Arab countries of Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Syria, and Tunisia started a campaign under #Ahl_vafa in Gaza, to send aid to Iranian flood-stricken people.
As reported a number of political, cultural, social and media activists of the Palestine attended the inauguration ceremony of the campaign on Thursday.
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MNA Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmad Al-Sahaf warned on Wednesday that the US move against the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) will shake the stability of the region.
On Tuesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi also said that US decision to designate IRGC as a terrorist organization may further disturb the region.
Iraq has tried ...
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