Katyusha rocket lands at oil hub in Iraq’s Basra, injuring 3
Press TV – Unknown assailants fire a Katyusha rocket at an area housing representative offices of several international oil companies in the…
Tag Archives: Basra
Basra will never follow anti-Iran sanctions: Iraqi official
IRNA – Basra governor general said on Monday that the Iraqi province will never be part of the anti-Iran sanctions. Addressing a…
Iran resumes search operation to find remaining bodies of martyrs in Iraq’s Basra
Tasnim – Iran resumes fiftieth stage of operations to search for and find the remaining bodies of martyrs who were killed or…
Iran rejects US accusations, justifications for closing Basra consulate
MNA – Iran’s foreign ministry has condemned and dismissed allegations made by Washington for shutting down the US consulate in the Iraqi…
Basra youths symbolically clean Iran’s burned consulate
IFP – A group of Iraqi youths from the southern city of Basra have symbolically cleaned up the damages inflicted by a…
US threatens Iran over attack on consulate in Basra
Press TV – The United States has threatened Iran with a response over the unrest in the Iraqi city of Basra, saying…
Katyusha rockets fired at Basra airport in Iraq: Official
Tasnim – Unknown assailants fired three Katyusha rockets at Iraq’s Basra airport Saturday, an airport official said, after a chaotic and violent…
Iraqi VP criticized security guards of Basra
IRNA – Iraq’s first vice-president blamed the Iraqi security forces’ failure in encountering thugs. Nouri al-Maliki in a tweet published on Saturday…
Iraqi PM orders investigation into Basra violence
Tasnim – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered an investigation into recent violence reportedly sparked by mismanagement and the poor services…
Iran summons Iraq’s envoy over consulate attack
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Iraqi ambassador to Tehran in protest at a mob attack on the Iranian consulate in…
Iraqi Hakim slams attack on Iran diplomatic mission in Basra
IRNA – Leader of the Iraqi National Wisdom Movement Ammar Hakim denounced Friday attack on Iranian Consulate General in Basra and also…
Iraq FM voices regret over attack on Iran consulate in Basra
IRNA – Iraqi Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmad Mahjoob expressed severe regret over attack on Iran’s consulate in Basra. In a statement on…
Iran rejects news on Iranian nationals’ withdrawal from Basra
IRNA – Iranian embassy in Baghdad in a statement dismissed reports released by certain Iraqi media on withdrawal of Iranian citizens from…
Iran condemns ‘brutal’ attack on its consulate in Iraq’s Basra
Press TV – Iran has strongly condemned a “brutal” attack on its consulate in the port city of Basra in southern Iraq,…
Protests against poor services continue in Iraq
Press TV – Iraqi police say around 250 people have gathered at the main entrance to a major oilfield near the Iraqi city…
Basra ready to receive Iran gas
SHANA – An Iranian gas official said the Iraqi city of Basra has announced its readiness to import gas from Iran, adding…
Iran to export natural gas to Basra as of next year: Iranian minister
IRNA – Iran will export its liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Iraq’s Basra as of the next Iranian calendar year to start…
Basra ready to receive Iran gas before March: NIGC
SHANA – National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) says the Iraqi city of Basra will be ready to import natural gas cargoes from…
Iran to start gas export to Iraq’s Basra soon
SHANA– National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) says Iran will soon start sending its gas to Iraq’s city of Basra. According to Mashal…
Terror blasts in Iraq’s Basra, Baghdad kill 35, injure 45
Press TV- A fresh wave of terror bombings has hit Iraq’s southern city of Basra and the capital of Baghdad, killing at…
Iran to export gas to Iraq soon: Official
March 4, The Iran Project – Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) has announced that Iran will start exporting gas to…
Iran to increase investment in south Iraq
TEHRAN, May 18 (Shana) — Chairman of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce Yahya Ale Eshaq called for increase of investment and trade with…
Iran builds $2.5 billion power plant in Iraq
Iran is building a natural gas combined cycle power plant in Iraq’s Basra at a cost of $2.5 billion in the Persian…
Truck bombing leaves 12 killed in Iraq’s’ Basra: Officials
At least 12 people have been killed in a truck bombing attack in the Iraqi city of Basra, Iraqi security forces say.…
Iranian, Iraqi provinces to widen mutual cooperation
TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior officials from Iran’s Southwestern Province of Khuzestan and Iraq’s Southeastern Province of Basra voiced their willingness to boost economic…
US used ISIL to separate oil-rich Kirkuk, Basra from Iraq: Analyst
The United States used the ISIL terrorist group to “destabilize” the Middle East region and separate oil-rich Kirkuk and Basra from Iraq,…