Envoy: Iran, Iraq eying $20bln trade despite US sanctions
FNA – Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi stressed Tehran and Baghdad’s determination to boost the volume of their trade transactions to…
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Economic problems hinder expansion of Iran-Iraq trade exchange
IRNA – Head of Iran chamber of commerce, Mine and Industry said on Sunday that the current level of trade exchange between…
€8bn Iran-Iraq trade transactions to double: fin. min.
MNA – In his meeting with Iraqi Finance Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein in Tehran, Iran’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Farhad…
Iran eyes $20bn trade with Iraq in next 2 years
IRNA – Iran says it plans to reach 20 billion dollars in volume of annual trade with Iraq in the next two…
Iran, Iraq plan $-20b trade exchange for next two years: Minister
IRNA – Iranian minister of industry, mine and trade said here on Thursday that Tehran and Baghdad have targeted 20 billion dollars…
Trade official underlines good achievements of Iranian president’s visit to Iraq
FNA – Head of the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce Yahya Al-e Eshaq praised the achievements made during Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s…
Iran ready to supply gas to Iraq: Rouhani
SHANA — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani voiced Iran’s readiness to export natural gas to neighboring Iraq. Addressing a joint trade conference by…
Iran, Iraq sign 22 industrial, trade deals
IRNA – Following talks between Iran’s minister of industry, mines and trade and his Iraqi counterparts simultaneously with President Rouhani’s visit to…
Iran resolved to boost trade with Iraq up to $20bn: Rouhani
MNA – Speaking at the Economic-Trade Forum of Iran and Iraq late on Monday, President Rouhani voiced Iran’s determination to increase trade…
Iran, Iraq poise for increasing bilateral trade at $20bn
MNA – The two countries of Iran and Iraq are ready for boosting bilateral trade at the range of $20 billion. Export…
Iraq, Iran to ink various MoUs in Rouhani visit
IRNA – Iraq and Iran will sign several Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on oil, gas, electrical and transport cooperation among other sectors,…
Iran sets up marketing, exports center in Baghdad
Tehran Times – Iran has established a center in Baghdad for marketing its products in the Iraqi market and also expand the…
Planning underway to increase trade volume with Iraq at $20bn
MNA – Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Reza Rahmani said on Thu. that it is scheduled that Iran’s trade and business…
Iraq demand for Iranian carpet to grow to $600m in 2 years
IRNA – Iran Commercial Attaché in Iraq Naser Behzad ancipates the demand of the Iraqi market for Iranian carpets to reach an…
Iran ready to export natural gas to Iraqi Kurdistan
Financial Tribune – Most of the infrastructure is in place to export natural gas from western Kurdestan Province to Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan…
Iraq invites Iranian firms to invest in Samarra
IRNA – Salaheddin Province officials invited Iranian companies to invest in Iraq and especially in Samarra. Addressing a meeting which was held…
Iraq says it will continue sanctions-busting imports from Iran
Stars and Stripes – Iraq is close to finalizing a deal that will allow it to import Iranian energy despite American sanctions…
Iran overtakes Turkey in goods export to Iraq
MNA – Islamic Republic of Iran overtook neighboring Turkey in export of products to Iraq in 2018, according to secretary general of…
MAPNA to export machinery, equipment
IRNA – Managing Director of Iran’s MAPNA Industrial Group Abbas Aliabadi says the Group’s machinery and equipment will be exported. Aliabadi made…
UK says no Iran role in Iraq ‘fanciful’ but chides reliance
Press TV – The UK has acknowledged that it is unreasonable to expect Iraq to sever relations with neighboring Iran but called…
Iran’s fruits, vegetables exports grow by 54%
ISNA – Iran’s fruits and vegetables export has increased 54% during first nine months of the current Iranian fiscal year (started March…
Iran works to keep Iraq open for business
The Wall Street Journal | Ghassan Adnan and Isabel Coles: Iranian officials traveled to Baghdad this week to push for expanded trade and…
Zangeneh urges export of western provinces’ petchem products to Iraq
IRNA – Petroleum Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh on Monday called for export of products of some 10 petrochemical facilities operating in Kermanshah,…
Iraq remains Iran’s top non-oil export destination
MNA – Iran exported 15.485 million tons of non-oil commodities worth $6.929 billion to Iraq during the past nine months (March 21-…
Iraq says ‘not obliged’ to abide by US anti-Iran sanctions
MNA – The Iraqi foreign minister says his country is “not obliged” to abide by unilateral US sanctions against Iran, adding that…
Iran’s exports to Iraq ups 55%
IRNA – An Iranian trade official says that Iran exported 6.4 billion dollars of commodities to Iraq during the first eight months…
Iraq gets 90-day Iran sanctions waiver from Washington
S&P Global Platts – Iraq can continue electricity and gas imports from Iran without violating US sanctions under an extension granted Wednesday,…
Iran, Iraq hold joint economic forum
IRNA – Iran and Iraq held a joint economic forum in the Iraq’s southern province of Basra. 120 businessman and entrepreneurs as…
Iraq to seek exemption from US sanctions on Iran: PM
Reuters – Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Tuesday he would send a delegation to the United States to seek…
Iraq hails Iranian firms presence in Karbala
IRNA – Head of Karbala Provincial Council, Nassif Jassem al-Khattabi welcomed presence of the Iranian companies in Karbala, Iraq. Al-Khattabi made the…
Iran carries out export transactions with Iraq, Afghanistan through rial
AzerNews – Iran carries out export transactions with Iraq and Afghanistan by using rials, chairman of the Iranian Ceramic Producers Syndicate Behnam…
U.S. pushes Iraq to wean itself off Iranian energy
The Wall Street Journal | Isabel Coles and Benoit Faucon: The U.S. is pressuring Iraq to sever extensive energy ties to Iran,…
‘We Share Values and Culture’: Iraq’s FM on trade with Iran amid US sanctions
Sputnik – Iraq will continue trading with Iran despite US sanctions, Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Alhakim said on Thursday. “We are…
Iran, Iraq look to expand economic ties amid US sanctions
Al-Monitor – Weeks after the United States reimposed sanctions on Iran — even though UN monitors said Iran was in compliance with…
Falahatpisheh: Iran’s non-oil trade with Iraq equals that of 28 EU states
MNA – Chairman of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of Iranian Parliament said that Iran’s non-oil trade with Iraq equals that…
Iran, Iraq can ramp up trade to $20bn: Rouhani
MNA – Iranian President Rouhani said Sat. that the current economic transactions between Iran and Iraq stands at about $12 billion, which…
Iranian firms dominate Baghdad expo as Saudis steer clear
Reuters | John Davison: While Saudi Arabia courted Iraqi leaders behind closed doors at the weekend, its arch-foe Iran made a more…
Iraq urges U.S. to consider its position in talks on Iran sanctions
Reuters – Iraq’s president on Sunday urged the United States to consider Baghdad’s political and economic position as the countries negotiate on…
US gives Iraqis an out on Iran sanctions
Al-Monitor | Bryant Harris: As Iran sanctions went into effect today following President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear accord, Washington has…
US to grant Iraq waiver over Iran sanctions: Iraqi officials
Tasnim – The United States has told Iraq that it will be allowed to keep importing crucial gas, energy supplies and food…