US preventing Iraq from seeking Iran’s support: Analyst
The United States is expediting weapons shipments to Iraq in order to prevent Baghdad from seeking support from other countries like Iran, a…
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Iran’s coverage: Iran rejects link between Interests Section relocation, N-talks
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran denies moving Washington Interests Section, nuclear talks link The Mission of…
Iraqi FM makes secret trip to Iran, report
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has secretly sent his foreign minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to Tehran to win Iran’s support for his government,…
Iraqi PM says northern city of Tikrit liberated
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says units of government forces, backed by Shia and Sunni volunteer forces, have managed to retake control…
Iraqi PM: Tikrit recapture at hand
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said retaking the city of Tikrit from the Islamic State in Iraq and the…
Tikrit: Iran key in fight to wrest city from IS
As Iraqi and Shia militias try to recapture the city of Tikrit from Islamic State (IS), the key role of Iran in…
Iraq says to track down antiquities after ISIL museum rampage
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants who destroyed priceless antiquities from the northern Iraqi city of…
Iran, Iraq discuss security concerns, expansion of regional cooperation
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Iraqi Prime Minister Heidar al-Abadi vowed to boost anti-terrorism cooperation in the region,…
Iraq’s Abadi lambasts US sanctions against Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi criticized US sanctions against Iran as unjust, and urged the removal of the pressures against…
Iraqi premier names female mayor for capital Baghdad
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has for the first time appointed a woman as the mayor of the capital, Baghdad. Iraqi government…
Iran, Iraq ink deal to cooperate to tackle air pollution
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran and Iraq have agreed to cooperate to counter the growing menace of dust particles at the areas along…
Iran’s first VP due in Iraq Monday
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri will leave Tehran for Baghdad on Monday morning for a three-day official visit at…
Iran news round up – February 9, 2015
A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst…
Iraqi PM: We are working with Iranian general in war against ISIS
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told world leaders at the Davos Economic Forum that his country’s collaboration with…
Baghdad planning to liberate Mosul: Iraqi PM
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – After the liberation of Diyala province, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced that his government is planning to cleanse…
Iran’s coverage: Iran joins growing list of countries to ditch dollar in foreign trade
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran eliminates US dollar in foreign trade: Official Iran no more uses US…
No Iranian soldier in Iraq, says al-Abadi
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi reiterated that there is not even one Iranian soldier inside Iraqi soil. “They (Iranians) have…
ISIS leader Baghdadi wounded and stays in Syria, says Iraqi PM
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has been wounded in Al-Qa’im by an Iraqi…
Iran’s coverage: Obama promises to veto new sanctions on Iran
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Obama promises to veto Iran sanctions to avoid war US President Barack…
Iraqi PM, General Soleimani confer on counter-terrorism efforts
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani exchanged views on Tehran-Baghdad joint…
Iraqi PM: Iran rushed to assist Iraq full scale
Baghdad, Dec 24, IRNA – Appreciating Iran’s contributions to Iraq’s campaign against terrorism, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said here Wednesday that…
Ayatollah Sistani rejects agreeing with formation of Basra independent region
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraq-based Muslim religious leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani categorically rejected the news reports on his agreement with the formation of…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 2
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 21 of them. IFP has…
Iraq government, Kurdistan strike oil exports, budget deal
Iraq’s government and officials of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region strike a deal to resolve a long-running row over oil exports and budget.…
Iraq set to maintain neighborly ties with Iran: Iraq PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has hailed neighboring Iran for standing by his country in its anti-terror battle, expressing Baghdad’s determination to…
Iraqi PM calls for expansion of ties with Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi underlined Baghdad’s desire to develop ties with Tehran. In a meeting with Iranian Energy…
Al-Abadi’s Tehran visit: Continuation of Baghdad’s policy toward Iran or change of view?
Iraq’s new Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi paid an official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran recently, which was in fact his…
Iraq PM calls on Jordan to help in fight against ISIL
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called on Jordan to help Baghdad in its fight against Takfiri ISIL militants, who he said…
Photos of the week
19 October-26 October Iran, Armenia’s energy ministers meet in Tehran Lebanese DM meets high-ranking Iranian officials …
Tehran, Baghdad willing to further consolidate relations
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian and Iraqi officials in a joint statement on Thursday stressed their enthusiasm for the further reinvigoration of ties and…
Iraqi PM describes Iran as reliable neighbor
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in a meeting with Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council (EC) Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani underlined that…
Iraqi PM departs Tehran for Baghdad
Tehran, Oct 22, IRNA – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, wrapping up a 2-day visit to Iran, departed Tehran for Baghdad on…
Unity, political requisite for region: Rafsanjani
Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has underscored the need for unity among Islamic countries under current circumstances in…
Larijani: Iranian gov’t., nation stand by Iraqi government, nation
Tehran, Oct 22, IRNA – Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Wednesday that Iranian government and nation have stood by the Iraqi…
Iran supports Iraq’s unity, integrity, security
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran has no trust in the sincerity of governments claiming to be…
Iran supreme leader blames West for Islamic State rise, wants regional solution
(Reuters) – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed Western powers on Tuesday for the rise of Islamic State (IS) insurgents in Iraq and Syria and…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 22
IFP has flipped through the front pages of the Iranian dailies on Wednesday and picked headlines from 18 of them. The passing…
Iran daily: Supreme Leader to Iraq prime minister “don’t trust US-led coalition”
As the Supreme Leader denounced the US-led coalition in Iraq — and again linked the issue to Iran’s support of Syria —…
Iraqi nation should fight Takfiri groups in a united front, cleric
Tehran, Oct 22, IRNA – Deputy Chairman of the Assembly of Experts Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi urged the Iraqi nation to form…