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…
Press TV – Iraq’s most senior Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has called on the government to protect the Kurdish population…
MNA – At a press conference with Turkish Prim Minister, Binali Yıldırım, Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri reiterated that Turkey and…
Press TV – The regional foreign minister of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has said that the semi-autonomous region has never intended…
MNA – Iranian Parliament’s General Director for International Affairs Amir-Abdollahian posted on his Twitter account on Wednesday that a united Iraq is…
Al-Monitor- Iranian media and officials have expressed support for the Iraqi forces’ operation to recapture Kirkuk, but deny that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
Tasnim – Iraqi troops have taken control of the city of Kirkuk and can handle the situation there single-handedly, a top Iranian…
Press TV- A senior Iraqi military commander says Kurdish Peshmerga forces have pulled backed to the positions they held in June 2014,…
TASS– Iraqi President Fuad Maasum urged the Baghdad government and the Kurdish autonomy leadership to immediately launch a dialogue on overcoming the…
Press TV- The president of Iraq’s Kurdistan has said the independence vote recently held throughout the region won’t be in vain. On…
Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: Iran and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq have historically been on good terms. During the Saddam…
IFP- Ali Akbar Velayati, an international advisor to Iran’s Leader, has dismissed allegations of the Islamic Republic’s involvement in the Iraqi army’s…
Press TV – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered the hoisting of Iraqi national flag in the country’s oil-rich northern province…
MNA – Senior MP Boroujerdi called for Iran and Turkey’s swift response in addressing the need for preserving Iraq’s territorial integrity following…
IFP- Iraqi premier has reportedly appointed an Arab politician as the new acting governor of Kirkuk, which is the scene of conflict…
IRNA – Iraqi forces captured Lilan region, Baba Gurgur oil wells, and the headquarters of the North Oil Company (NOC), northwest of…
MNA – Governor of Ghasreshirin has reported on temporary closing of Parviz Khan Border Terminal which neighbors Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). Faramarz…
Press TV – Iraqi forces say they have taken control of “vast areas” of Kirkuk following clashes with Kurdish Peshmerga forces who…
ISNA – Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi announced on Sunday that there have been no developments in the border area of…
Reuters – Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani has arrived in Iraq’s Kurdistan region for talks about the escalating crisis between the Kurdish…
Reuters – Iran has closed its border gates with northern Iraq in response to an independence referendum in Iraq’s Kurdish region last…
Press TV- Kurdish troops in Iraq have rejected a call from governmental forces to withdraw from a strategic location in Kirkuk’s southern…
Press TV- A senior Iraqi Kurdish official says the Baghdad government has set a deadline for Kurdish forces to withdraw from positions…
IRNA – Head of Iraqi National Alliance Ammar Hakim said the disintegration of Arab and Islamic countries and their domestic armed conflicts…
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is to address Majlis (Parliament) closed session today on Iraqi Kurdistan Region (KRG). Zarif…
Alwaght– In the recent days, especially before and after Turkish President’s last week visit to Iran and negotiations with top Iranian officials,…
IFP – An Iraqi Vice President, after meeting with the President of the Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani, has announced that he is…
IFP – A Kurdish Iranian parliamentarian says Tehran would be the best place for talks between the Iraqi government and authorities of…
Iran Review- So far, Israel has been the only state to support the Kurdish secession from Iraq, even celebrating the outcome of…
Tasnim – The US has adopted a hypocritical policy towards the Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s plan to secede from Iraq, Iran’s Judiciary chief…
IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi and UN Special Envoy for Iraq Yan Kubish in a meeting on Sunday underlined…
IRNA – Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said on Sunday that disintegration of Iraq…
Alwaght– A week after the independence referendum, Iraq’s Kurdish region leaders founded “Political Leadership of Kurdistan-Iraq”, a leadership body replacing the High…
MNA – Taking command of mutual problems by states of the region is an effective method and should certainly be preferred to…
Press TV – Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi warns the United States and the Israeli regime are behind…
Al-Monitor | Hamidreza Azizi: Less than two months after Iran’s Chief of General Staff Maj. Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri paid a rare official…
Al-Monitor | Ali Hashem: Up until the last day before the Sept. 25 Kurdish independence referendum, Iran was still dealing with the event…
Al-Monitor- Just four months after accusing Iran of Persian “expansionism” in the Middle East, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Tehran on Oct. 4 to…
MNA– Brigadier General Jazayeri of Iran says that Iran will have stricter controls over borders with Iraqi Kurdistan, on the request of…
Press TV- Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says Ankara intends to open a new border crossing with Iraq in cooperation with the central government…
Tasnim – Iraq’s Foreign Ministry said that Baghdad has officially called upon Ankara and Tehran a week ago to only deal with…