Iran’s consulate resumes activities in Najaf
MNA – Iranian consulate in Najaf has resumed its activities after about two months of a halt due to the ransack and…
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‘No, No America’: Iraq protesters demand expulsion of US troops
Reuters | John Davison, Aziz El Yaakoubi: Tens of thousands of Iraqis rallied in central Baghdad on Friday calling for the expulsion of…
Gen. Soleimani assassination adds dangerous new dimension to Iraq unrest
Reuters | Aziz El Yaakoubi, Ahmed Rasheed: Iranian-backed Shia factions have exhorted Iraqis to turn out for a “million-strong” march on Friday aimed…
Protests resume in Iraq, demanding reforms, new govt.
Press TV – Protesters have returned to the streets in cities across Iraq, sealing roads with burning tires and threatening further escalation…
US embassy suspends consular operations
Reuters – The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said on Wednesday that all public consular operations were suspended, a day after Iraqi people…
Iraq riots expose an America weaker and with fewer options
The Guardian | Julian Borger: Mobbing of US embassy after US strikes on state-sanctioned militia show America’s plan of maximum pressure only…
Protesters outside US Baghdad embassy rage against air strikes
Reuters – Thousands of protesters and militia fighters gathered on Tuesday outside the main gate of the U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad…
Iraqi resistance groups decry Salih’s resignation as submission to US interests
Press TV – Iraqi resistance groups have denounced President Barham Salih’s resignation as a violation of the constitution and have accused him…
Iraq president hands resignation to parliament – local media
The National – Iraqi President Barham Salih has handed his resignation to parliament in the face of a political crisis amid nationwide…
Iraq’s top cleric calls for quick formation of government
Tasnim – Iraq’s top Shiite cleric called for the speedy formation of a government and early elections as ongoing political wrangling caused…
The moral breakdown of Iraq’s violence-ridden society
Iranian Diplomacy | Seyed Ali Mousavi Khalkhali: What we witnessed in Iraq on Thursday was nothing but a free fall of morality.…
Finding a replacement for Adel Abdul Mahdi
Iranian Diplomacy – Under the Iraqi constitution, the president must ask the grand coalition in the parliament to nominate a new candidate,…
Iranian parliament discusses Iraq development in a session with diplomats
MNA – The vice-chairman of Parliament National Security Committee said Mon. that in session the recent developments in Iraq were discussed with…
Iraqis hold mass rally in Baghdad to back religious authority
Press TV – Iraqis have taken to the streets of the capital, Baghdad, in a show of support for the country’s religious…
Iran says Najaf consulate attack was likely organised, not the work of Iraqi demonstrators
Sputnik – The Iranian consulate building in Najaf was set on fire several times last month amid protests that rocked the south…
Iraq is facing a familiar problem
Bloomberg | Bobby Ghosh: Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has been here before. Fifteen years ago, after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq had…
Russian diplomat warns against attempts to draw Iraq into confrontation with Iran
TASS – Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya has warned against attempts to draw Iraq into confrontation with Iran.…
Iran consulate in Iraq burns a 3rd time, amid premier talks
AP — Anti-government protesters burned an Iranian consulate in southern Iraq for a third time on Tuesday, as the country’s political leaders…
Iraq, rocked by protests, enters new phase of uncertainty after premier’s resignation
The Wall Street Journal | Isabel Coles and Ghassan Adnan: Protesters say they will settle for no less than sweeping away the…
Iraqi parliament approves PM’s resignation as anti-gov’t protests continue
Xinhua — The Iraqi parliament on Sunday approved the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, as demonstrations continue in the country,…
Protesters burn Al-Hakim’s shrine entrance in Iraq’s Najaf – Reports
Sputnik – Previously, demonstrators set a local Iranian consulate on fire, with the staff fleeing the building through a back door, while…
Iran says unrest in neighboring Iraq caused exports to decline
Press TV – An Iranian business leader says exports to neighboring Iraq have decreased over the past two months amid escalated protests…
UK expresses concern over attack on Iran’s consulate in Najaf
IRNA – Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in a statement on Friday expressed deep concern over attacks on Iran’s consulates in Najaf…
Saudi diplomat threatens Iran with ‘worse’ after Najaf consulate attack
Press TV – A day after rioters set fire to Iran’s consulate in the Iraqi city of Najaf, a high-ranking Saudi diplomat…
Muqtada al-Sadr condemns attack on Iran consulate
Press TV – Influential Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has condemned an arson attack on the Iranian consulate in Najaf, dismissing allegations…
Iraq apologizes to Iran for arson attack on consulate in Najaf
Press TV – Iraq’s foreign minister has apologized to Iran after rioters set fire to the Islamic Republic’s consulate in the holy…
Tehran, Baghdad denounce attack on Iranian consulate in Najaf
Press TV – Tehran and Baghdad have both condemned an attack on Iran’s consulate during riots in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf,…
Iraq closes southern border with Iran to travellers – security source, diplomat
Reuters – Iraq closed its southern Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran to travellers from both countries on Saturday, an Iraqi security source…
Supreme Shia authority’s strategy to lead Iraq out of crisis
MNA | Mohammad Ghaderi: The latest statement issued by Iraq’s supreme Shiite authority, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Hosseini Sistani, on the current developments in…
Iranians, Iraqis launch online campaign to stress unbreakable bond
Press TV – An online campaign launched by Iranian and Iraqi users against foreign meddling has become a top trend on the…
Zarif hails Turkish Erdogan’s stance towards recent issues in Iraq
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hold a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, in Antalya on Saturday, before…
Iran’s Top Commander: No country entitled to interfere in Iraq, Lebanon
FNA – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri warned on Thursday that enemies are attempting…
Roadmap by religious authority for Iraq’s political future
Iranian Diplomacy – Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s last statement on Friday about recent developments in Iraq sends several messages. The grand ayatollah warned…
Like Daesh scenario, new US plot for Iraq will face defeat: Iran’s Shamkhani
Press TV – Iran’s top security official has denounced plots hatched by the US and its regional partners for the Middle Eastern countries,…
Karbala tribal leaders apologize to Iran over consulate attack
Press TV – Heads of tribes in Karbala have apologized to the Iranian nation and government over a recent attack against the Islamic…
Iran urges Iraq to safeguard diplomatic missions after attack on Karbala consulate amid protests
Press TV – Iran has urged the Baghdad government to take all necessary measures to protect Tehran’s diplomatic missions in Iraq, following…
China – not Iran – is the real reason US troops will never leave Iraq
RT | Darius Shahtahmasebi: Recent developments suggest that the US and its allies have become increasingly wary of China’s expanding influence inside Iraq,…
Iraqi army bans gatherings outside Baghdad’s Tahrir square as anti-govt. protests continue
Press TV- The Iraqi army has warned that its forces will move in to break up any gathering outside Baghdad’s Tahrir Square,…
Iraq’s foreign ministry censures attack on Iranian consulate in Karbala
Press TV – Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned an attack on the Iranian consulate in the holy city of Karbala, reaffirming…
Iraqi police: 3 protesters killed in Iran Consulate attack
AP — Iraqi security officials say three protesters were killed and 19 were wounded during an attack the previous night on the…