Iraq not to let US use its territory to attack Iran: Iraqi president
MNA – Baghdad will not allow Washington to use its military bases to launch an attack on Iran, the Iraqi country’s president…
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Iraq seeks air defense cooperation with Iran after IRGC downing of US drone
Press TV – Iraq has called for enhanced cooperation with neighboring Iran in the area of air defense, days after Tehran successfully…
Zarif receives Iraqi parliamentary delegation for a meeting on Tuesday
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with a parliamentary delegation from neighboring Iraq headed by Deputy Speaker of Iraqi…
Photos: Iranian FM meets deputy speaker of Iraqi parliament
ISNA | Rouhollah Vahdati: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with a parliamentary delegation from neighboring Iraq headed by Deputy Speaker…
Iraq-Iran relations are historic and solid: Barham Salih
MNA – The Iraqi President Barham Salih met with Iran’s Ambassador to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi in Baghdad on Sunday afternoon. Barham Salih…
Iran to hold 3 specialized exhibitions in Iraq by June 21
Tehran Times – Three specialized Iranian exhibitions are due to be held in Iraq during the current Iranian month of Khordad (May…
Iraq to support Iran’s non-aggression pact initiative: Envoy
Tasnim – Iraq will support any initiative that will de-escalate tensions in the Persian Gulf, the Iraqi ambassador to Russia said on…
Can Iraq defuse the tension between Tehran and Washington?
Iranian Diplomacy | Mohammad Saleh Sedghian: Statements by officials of Iraq’s central government and remarks by political figures in Iraq reveal deep…
Iran wants peace, prosperity for everybody: FM Zarif
IRNA – Iran’s stance is based on an approach seeking peace, stability and progress for all countries, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif…
Baghdad offers to mediate with US as Iran’s FM visits Iraq
AP — Iraq’s parliament speaker said Saturday that Baghdad is ready to mediate between the United States and Iran if it is…
Iraqi parliament speaker stresses maintaining ties with Iran
Tasnim – Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Mohamed al-Halbousi highlighted the importance of his country’s bilateral relations with Iran and said Baghdad…
Tehran, Baghdad stress security coop. to increase regional stability
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Iraqi President Barham Salih met in Baghdad on Saturday to discuss security cooperation…
Iranian, Iraqi delegations discuss Arvad River dredging
IRNA – A joint meeting on coordination for dredging the Iranian-Iraqi border river was convened on Sunday to discuss technical details of…
Iran’s envoy, Iraqi president discuss regional issues
IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi and Iraqi President Barham Salih in a meeting on Saturday discussed regional developments as…
Iraq ‘will not allow US to use its territory to attack Iran’
Press TV – Iraq’s ambassador to Moscow says Iraq will not allow the United States to use Iraqi soil to launch attacks…
Iranian National Oil Company opens office in Iraq
Al-Monitor | Adnan Abu Zeed: The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) decided May 4 to open an economic representative office in Iraq.…
Iraq tells US still needs Iran’s gas, electricity
IRNA – Iraq’s Power Minister Luay al-Khateeb has said in response to US demand to cut oil and gas imports from Iran…
Iraqi tribes underline enhanced cooperation with Iran
IRNA – Heads of Iraqi tribes of Nineveh province and a group of Resistance commanders in a meeting with Iran envoy to…
Iraqi official urges world to stand against anti-Iran sanctions
IRNA – Iraqi Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing on Sunday urged the international community to stand against US unlawful sanctions against…
Iran-Iraq close ties a thorn in eyes of US, Israel: Commander
Tasnim – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said the close relations between…
Photos: Iran, Iraq ranking commanders’ meeting in Tehran
IRNA – Iranian Minister of Defense Brigadier General Amir Hatami met and held talks with visiting Iraqi Army’s delegation headed by commanders…
Iran, Iraq cooperation stabilizing region: Def Min
IRNA – Defense collaborations between Iran and Iraq makes the region balanced, peaceful, stable and secure, said the Minister of Defense Brigadier-General…
‘Iran ready to establish joint Free Zone with Iraq’
MNA – Arvand Free Zone Organization is ready to form a joint free zone with Iraq following the recent visit of Iranian…
Envoy: Iraq explores investment chances in Iran’s Kish
IRNA – Iraq’s Ambassador to Iran said on Monday that Iraq is interested in economic cooperation with Iran and is considering Kish…
Iraq summons US, Bahrain envoys over ‘interventionist, offensive’ comments
Press TV – Iraq has summoned the envoys of Bahrain and the United States to protest their insulting and meddlesome comments about…
Iranian exports to Iraq hit record high
Tasnim – The total amount of the Iranian exports to neighboring Iraq during the last Persian calendar year (March 2018- March 2019)…
Hakim: Iraq adopts policy of open doors
IRNA – Head of the National Wisdom Movement of Iraq Seyyed Ammar Hakim said on Saturday that Iraq has adopted policy of…
Senior MP in Baghdad summit blasts US regional policies
MNA – Addressing a parliamentary meeting in Baghdad, senior Iranian lawmaker expressed gratitude for humanitarian aid Iraqis dispatched to flood-hit regions in…
Iraq eyes Tehran municipality coop in urban remodelling
IRNA – Iraqi Construction Minister Bangen Rekani said Baghdad is keen to cooperate with Iran on remodelling the country’s housing sector. ‘Iran…
Iraq to host regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia at conference
Reuters – Iraq will host senior parliamentary officials from arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran on Saturday as Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi…
Tehran Municipality ready to carry out projects in Baghdad: mayor
MNA – Mayor of Tehran, Pirouz Hanachi, said that the municipality is ready to work with Baghdad to carry out different urban…
Photos: UN special envoy for Iraqi affairs confers with Iran’s Zarif
IRNA | Marziyeh Soleimani: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq,…
Tehran, Baghdad play important role in regional fight against terrorism: Amir-Abdollahian
MNA – Special Assistant to the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has stressed that the two countries…
Iraqi figure warns about US anti-Iran measures
IRNA – Senior Iraqi political figure on Saturday warned about the consequences of the US measure to blacklist the Islamic Revolution Guard…
Iraqi militias reject US naming of Iran’s Guards as terrorist group
Reuters – A group of Iraq’s Shia militia groups said on Saturday that they strongly rejected the designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary…
Iran, Iraq exchange 39 economic delegations in 1 year
IRNA – Iran’s commercial attaché in Iraq said that in the Iranian year 1397 (ended March 20, 2019), 39 economic delegations were…
Iraq will be no starting point for action against neighbors, Salih assures Iran
Press TV – In a veiled warning to the US, President Barham Salih of Iraq says his country’s soil will not be…
Iran parliament speaker to attend inter-parliamentary conf. in Iraq
MNA – The Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani will participate in an inter-parliamentary event in neighboring Iraq on April 20. An Iraqi…
Will Iraq reemerge as battleground between US, Iran?
Al-Monitor | Makram Najmuddine: As the Trump administration’s decision to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “foreign terrorist organization”…
Three reasons why the Iraqi PM’s visit to Iran is important
Al Monitor | Hamidreza Azizi: Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi visited Tehran April 6-7, his first official visit to the neighboring…