Iran to shut border crossings with KRG Sun. as Iraqi Kurds hold elections
MNA – A security official at provisional governor office of western province of Kurdistan has said that Iran will close all the…
Tag Archives: Iraq Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)
KRG-based terrorists’ acts forced Iran’s hand to retaliate
MNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Mon. that terrorists’ acts had forced Iran’s armed forces to take retaliatory and deterrent measures…
Iran, Iraq, Syria will not let US sway in Kurdish areas: Velayati
Press TV – A senior Iranian official has said that constant cooperation among Iran, Iraq and Syria will not allow the US…
Photos: Iran’s SNSC Secretary Shamkhani meets Iraqi Kurdistan’s PM in Tehran
IRNA | Mojtaba Mohammad Lou: Iran’s SNSC Secretary Ali Shamkhani received Nechirvan Barzani of Iraqi Kurdistan on Sunday in Tehran.
Kurdish scenarios for upcoming Iraq election
Alwaght– The Iraqi Kurdistan’s politics have stepped into a new chapter following the September 25 2017 secession referendum whose consequences marked the…
Haji Omaran, Parviz-Khan border ports on Iranian border due to reopen
Rudaw – Iran has reportedly decided to reopen the official border gates of Haji Omaran and Parviz-Khan, which it shares with the…
Baghdad extends Kurdistan international flight ban over independence referendum
Press TV – Iraqi authorities have extended for two more months an international flight ban on the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region amid…
Kurdish stalemate: Baghdad preconditions, Erbil predicament
Alwaght – In past few days, and particularly after Iraqi Vice-President Nouri Al-Maliki’s interview with the Kurdish Rudaw news channel and the…
Iraqi PM urges Kurds to withdraw to pre-2003 borders
Press TV – The Iraqi prime minister has welcomed a decision by Kurdish officials to respect a recent court ban on secession, but…
Abadi calls on Kurdistan govt. to stand committed to Iraq’s unity
Press TV – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to clearly announce its firm committed to…
KRG official: Kurds warned by general Soleimani of consequences of referendum
FNA – Representative of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Tehran Nazim Dabagh revealed that Commander of the Quds Force of…
Federal Iraqi forces peacefully retake Kurdistan borders after deal with Iraqi Kurds
Press TV – Federal Iraqi forces have peacefully taken control of all border crossings ringing the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) following an…
Kurds freeze independence vote, call for ceasefire
Press TV – The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has said that it will freeze the results of a recent vote for independence…
Iran reopens Bashmagh border gate with Iraq’s Kurdistan
MNA – The Iranian consulate in Erbil announced that Bashmagh border with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) reopens as of today October…
Iraq condemns pre-planned attack on Iran’s consulate in Erbil
IRNA – Iraq’s Foreign Ministry in a statement on Saturday denounced pre-planned onslaught on Iran’s consulate in Erbil and disrespecting flag of…
Iraq soon to spread rule over KRG
MNA – Brig. Gen. Pourdastan, while pointing to neutralization of the American plot to break up Iraq, said the Arab country would…
Netanyahu lobbies world powers to support Iraqi Kurds’ secession bid
Press TV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is lobbying world powers to support the independence of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region from…
Ayatollah Sistani urges Iraq to protect Kurds amid tensions
Press TV – Iraq’s most senior Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has called on the government to protect the Kurdish population…
Iran, Turkey support Iraq’s territorial integrity: VP President
MNA – At a press conference with Turkish Prim Minister, Binali Yıldırım, Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri reiterated that Turkey and…
Kurdish region never wanted war with Iraqi army: KRG foreign minister
Press TV – The regional foreign minister of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has said that the semi-autonomous region has never intended…
Boroujerdi urges Iran-Turkey swift response to KRG issue
MNA – Senior MP Boroujerdi called for Iran and Turkey’s swift response in addressing the need for preserving Iraq’s territorial integrity following…
Iran shuts Parviz Khan border with Kurdistan region
MNA – Governor of Ghasreshirin has reported on temporary closing of Parviz Khan Border Terminal which neighbors Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). Faramarz…
Iraqi forces take control of ‘vast’ regions in disputed Kirkuk
Press TV – Iraqi forces say they have taken control of “vast areas” of Kirkuk following clashes with Kurdish Peshmerga forces who…
Iran FM to elaborate on KRG in Majlis closed session
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is to address Majlis (Parliament) closed session today on Iraqi Kurdistan Region (KRG). Zarif…
Iran, UN reiterate legal settlement of KRG’s referendum crisis
IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi and UN Special Envoy for Iraq Yan Kubish in a meeting on Sunday underlined…
Unique structure of Iran-Turkey ties allows coop. despite rifts
MNA – Taking command of mutual problems by states of the region is an effective method and should certainly be preferred to…
US, Israel behind treacherous Iraq disintegration plot: Iran official
Press TV – Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi warns the United States and the Israeli regime are behind…
Iranian FM due in parliament to brief MPs on regional developments
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif plans to attend the parliament to explain about the latest developments in the Middle…
Iran not to blame Iraq’s Kurds for certain people’s strategic mistakes: Zarif
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denounced the recent moves by a few people in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region as a…
Turkey to close borders with Iraqi Kurdistan ‘soon’: Erdogan
Press TV – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country will “soon” shut its border and airspace to the Iraqi Kurdistan Region in…
France ready for mediation between Baghdad and Iraqi Kurds: Macron
Press TV – French President Emmanuel Macron says Paris is ready for mediation between Iraq and its Kurdish region seeking secession from the…
Iranian lawmaker slams Iraqi secession vote as ‘strategic mistake’
Press TV – A senior Iranian lawmaker has denounced the recent Kurdish secession referendum in northern Iraq as a “strategic mistake,” warning…
KRG referendum alternative to Qatari crisis
MNA – The acting editor-in-chief of The Tehran Times said an earlier referendum on the Kurdish region would have alleviated the need…
Iraq’s premier gives Kurdish officials 3 days to hand over control of airports
Press TV – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has given the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) three days to hand over control of…
Massoud Barzani: Kurdish referendum will go ahead
Press TV – President of Iraq‘s Kurdish region Massoud Barzani says the planned referendum will be held next week despite international warnings.…
Kurdish forces take control of Sinjar: Massoud Barzani
The president of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) says the northern town of Sinjar has been liberated following battles with the Takfiri…
Iraqi Kurdistan hails Iran role in fighting terrorism
Tehran, May 5, IRNA — Nazim Dabbagh, representative of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Tehran, said in an interview that…
KRG, Iran to boost energy cooperation
Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) says it has serious plans to promote cooperation with Iran over energy issues. Iran’s media have quoted…
Zarif leaves Sulaimaniya for Tehran
Sulaimaniya, Iraq, Aug 26, IRNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday afternoon left Sulaimaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan Region for Tehran. Zarif…
Iraq Kurdistan should contain PJAK: Iranian lawmaker
A senior Iranian lawmaker has called on the Iraqi Kurdistan officials to increase their effort in fighting the terrorist Party of Free…