IRGC forces kill 3 terrorists in west Iran
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) forces have killed three terrorists during two “complicated” operations in the western province of Kordestan, which…
Tag Archives: Iraqi Kurdistan
Growth in exports via border crossing with Iraqi Kurdistan
Financial Tribune – Some 228,000 tons of commodities worth $271 million were exported via Tamarchin border crossing, located in Piranshahr County in…
Iran inks MOU with Iraqi Kurdistan to boost bilateral trade
Tehran Times – Iranian Secretariat of Free Zones High Council signed a memorandum of understanding with Importer and Exporter Union of Iraqi…
Iran-Iraq joint economic commission to convene months ahead
IRNA – Iran and Iraq will hold their joint economic commission session before end of this year (to end on March 20,…
Iran can have access to Syria’s market via Iraqi Kurdistan
MNA – The chairman of Chamber of Commerce of western province of Kermanshah says that the Iraqi Kurdistan can be a major…
Perry, Iraqi Kurdish leader discuss energy ties, Iran
Reuters – U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry tweeted on Thursday that he had discussed energy cooperation with Iraqi Kurdish leader Masrour Barzani.…
Presence of armed thugs in Iraqi Kurdistan illegal
IRNA – Presence of anti-Iranian terrorist groups and ruffians is a heritage from Saddam’s time whose continuation is by no means legal;…
Iran, Iraqi Kurdistan work towards strategic agreements: Official
IRNA – An official of the Iraqi Kurdistan described the recent economic meeting between Iran and this Iraqi region as strategic. Good…
Iran, Iraqi Kurdistan sign economic MoU
IRNA – A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on economic ties development was signed between Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan region. The MoU was…
Iran envoy offers condolences to Iraqi Kurdistan PM
IRNA – Iranian ambassador to Iraq extended condolences to the Iraqi Kurdistan region’s prime minister for passing away of his brother. Iraj…
Photos: President Rouhani meets Iraqi Kurdistan’s PM in Tehran
president.ir- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani received Nechirvan Barzani of Iraqi Kurdistan on Sunday in Tehran where Barzani reassured the Iranian side that…
Barzani: Kurdistan region proud of having friendship with Iran
IRNA – Visiting semi-autonomous Kurdistan region’s Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani said the Kurdistan region is proud of having friendship with Iran. Talking…
Barzani travels to Tehran for first time since controversial referendum
MNA – Iraqi Kurdistan PM Nechirvan Barzani has arrived in Tehran with his accompanying delegation, marking normalizing relations between Iran and the…
Barzani to arrive in Tehran tomorrow
MNA– Iraqi Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and his deputy are set to hold meetings with Iranian high-ranking officials including President Rouhani…
Iraqi Kurdistan Region underlines good ties with Iran
IRNA – Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani after a meeting with a delegation from Patriotic Union of Kurdistan…
Iran reopens border with Iraqi Kurdistan
FNA- Iran reopened its border crossings with the Iraqi Kurdistan region in Tamarchin and Parviz Khan, which were closed after the September…
Iraqi Kurdistan’s issue ‘an ethnic conspiracy’
MNA – Head of Chief of Staff of Armed Force Major General Bagheri said that enemies are always trying to sabotage the…
Anti-government protesters clash with police in Iraq’s Kurdistan
Press TV- Security forces in Iraq’s Kurdistan region have clashed with demonstrators protesting corruption and unpaid salaries for a second day. The…
Iran reopens border posts with Iraqi Kurdistan
AFP- Iran has reopened all its border crossings with Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday, after their…
Official: Conditions set for Iran to resume trade with Iraq’s Kurdistan
FNA- A senior Iranian trade official declared that the situation in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region has been improved, and Tehran and Erbil…
Riyadh sought to undermine Iran’s security via Iraq’s Kurdistan: Ex-Envoy
Tasnim – A former Iranian ambassador to Iraq highlighted the Saudi regime’s attempts to make the Iraqi Kurdistan Region secede from the…
How serious Is Iraqi Kurdistan about reviewing ties with Washington?
Alwaght– After a string of developments including the independence referendum, the Iraqi army and Popular Mobilization Forces’ operation to retake the disputed…
Arab Media: Barzani seeking to mend ties with Iran, worrying US
FNA- A leading Lebanese newspaper reported that Washington is concerned about former Iraqi Kurdistan region President Massoud Barzani’s possible rapprochement with Tehran.…
Erbil ready to restore relations with Turkey, Iran
AzerNews– Nechirvan Barzani, prime minister of the Kurdish Autonomy of Iraq, expressed Erbil’s readiness to restore relations with Turkey and Iran, the…
Why civil war in Iraqi Kurdistan is possible
Iranian Diplomacy- In an op-ed for pro-reform website Asr Iran, Middle East expert Iman Ahmadvand argues that the current situation in the…
Iran to lift border curbs with Iraq’s Kurdish region in coming days: ISNA
Reuters – Iran will lift border restrictions with Iraq’s Kurdistan region ”in the coming days following a closure after last month’s Kurdish…
Border with Iraqi Kurdistan still shut: Iranian consulate
Tasnim – Iran’s consulate in Erbil dismissed speculation about reopening of the border crossings with the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, saying two of…
Israel’s strategic ambitions thwarted in Iraqi Kurdistan and will be in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
American Herald Tribune | DAVID MACILWAIN: We live in extraordinary times. The narrative of the “fight against Islamic State” that holds sway…
Iraqi Kurdistan developments discussed in Iran parliament
IRNA – Iranian lawmakers discussed the latest developments on the ground in the Iraqi Kurdistan region in Majlis National Security and Foreign…
Developments in N Iraq likely to weaken Barzani’s hold on power
MNA – Nader Entessar Professor of Political Science says the recent developments in Iraqi Kurdistan region may weaken Barzani’s hold on power…
Who is behind the secret death of the young leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party?
IUVM Press – The Barzani family are among the most respected and influential in Iraqi Kurdistan that could remarkably promote themselves as…
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…
Tehran best place for talks between Baghdad, Erbil officials
IFP – A Kurdish Iranian parliamentarian says Tehran would be the best place for talks between the Iraqi government and authorities of…
MP: Iraq’s partition Iran, Turkey, Iraq red-line
IRNA – Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said on Sunday that disintegration of Iraq…
Iraq officially asks Turkey, Iran to deal exclusively with Baghdad
Tasnim – Iraq’s Foreign Ministry said that Baghdad has officially called upon Ankara and Tehran a week ago to only deal with…
10 Iraqi MPs leave funeral procession for Kurdish flag on Talabani coffin
IRNA – Ten Iraqi lawmakers left the funeral procession of Jalal Talabani in Sulaymaniyeh in protest to Kurdistan region’s flag on the…
Iranian Kurdish MPs condemn Iraqi Kurdistan’s referendum
IFP – Iranian Kurdish legislators have expressed their opposition to the referendum on the independence of the Iraqi Kurdistan region. Kurdish lawmakers…
Iraq’s Hakim criticizes Iraqi Kurd leaders’ referendum
IRNA — Head of the Iraqi National Alliance Seyyed Ammar al-Hakim strongly criticized the Iraqi Kurd leaders’ decision for holding referendum, saying…
Iraq urges world countries not to buy oil from Kurdish region
Press TV – Iraq’s central government has called on the world countries not to purchase oil from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in…
Iraq Kurdistan holds referendum in defiance of intl. community
Press TV – Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region head is holding an independence referendum despite strong objections from the central government in Baghdad…