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…
Tag Archives: Iraq’s Kurdistan Referendum
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…
Baghdad to retake Erbil faster than Kirkuk: Amir-Abdollahian
MNA – Iranian Parliament’s General Director for International Affairs Amir-Abdollahian posted on his Twitter account on Wednesday that a united Iraq is…
Iran denies role in recapture of Kirkuk
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…
No need for foreign forces in Iraq’s Kirkuk: Iranian general
Tasnim – Iraqi troops have taken control of the city of Kirkuk and can handle the situation there single-handedly, a top Iranian…
Kurdish forces withdraw to June 2014 line: Iraqi commander
Press TV- A senior Iraqi military commander says Kurdish Peshmerga forces have pulled backed to the positions they held in June 2014,…
Iraqi president calls for dialogue with Kurds
TASS– Iraqi President Fuad Maasum urged the Baghdad government and the Kurdish autonomy leadership to immediately launch a dialogue on overcoming the…
Iraq’s Kurdistan leader says recent referendum won’t be in vain
Press TV- The president of Iraq’s Kurdistan has said the independence vote recently held throughout the region won’t be in vain. On…
Assessing impact of shifting Iran-KRG relations
Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: Iran and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq have historically been on good terms. During the Saddam…
Iran has no role in Kirkuk operation: Leader’s Aide
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…
Iraqi premier orders hoisting of national flag in Kirkuk, other Kurdish regions
Press TV – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered the hoisting of Iraqi national flag in the country’s oil-rich northern province…
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…
Iraqi PM appoints Arab acting governor for Kirkuk
IFP- Iraqi premier has reportedly appointed an Arab politician as the new acting governor of Kirkuk, which is the scene of conflict…
Kirkuk wells under Iraqi Federal Gov’t control
IRNA – Iraqi forces captured Lilan region, Baba Gurgur oil wells, and the headquarters of the North Oil Company (NOC), northwest of…
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 denies closure of border with Iraqi Kurdish region
ISNA – Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi announced on Sunday that there have been no developments in the border area of…
Iran’s Soleimani arrives in Kurdish region for talks about crisis with Baghdad
Reuters – Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani has arrived in Iraq’s Kurdistan region for talks about the escalating crisis between the Kurdish…
Iran shuts border with northern Iraq – Iranian news agency
Reuters – Iran has closed its border gates with northern Iraq in response to an independence referendum in Iraq’s Kurdish region last…
Kurdish Peshmerga refuse calls to evacuate Iraq’s Kirkuk
Press TV- Kurdish troops in Iraq have rejected a call from governmental forces to withdraw from a strategic location in Kirkuk’s southern…
Iraq tells Peshmerga to pull out from Kirkuk: Kurdish official
Press TV- A senior Iraqi Kurdish official says the Baghdad government has set a deadline for Kurdish forces to withdraw from positions…
Partition of Islamic states to serve Israel interest: Iraqi politician
IRNA – Head of Iraqi National Alliance Ammar Hakim said the disintegration of Arab and Islamic countries and their domestic armed conflicts…
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…
Erdogan’s short, long-term strategy for dealing with Kurdish breakaway bid
Alwaght– In the recent days, especially before and after Turkish President’s last week visit to Iran and negotiations with top Iranian officials,…
Is Barzani ready for conditional suspension of Kurdish referendum?
IFP – An Iraqi Vice President, after meeting with the President of the Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani, has announced that he is…
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…
Why is Israel supporting Kurdish secession from Iraq?
Iran Review- So far, Israel has been the only state to support the Kurdish secession from Iraq, even celebrating the outcome of…
Iran’s top judge decries US hypocrisy over KRG referendum
Tasnim – The US has adopted a hypocritical policy towards the Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s plan to secede from Iraq, Iran’s Judiciary chief…
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…
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…
What’s behind Barzani’s new leadership council?
Alwaght– A week after the independence referendum, Iraq’s Kurdish region leaders founded “Political Leadership of Kurdistan-Iraq”, a leadership body replacing the High…
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…
Kurdish referendum tests Iran-Turkey-Russia axis
Al-Monitor | Hamidreza Azizi: Less than two months after Iran’s Chief of General Staff Maj. Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri paid a rare official…
Iran sees challenge of Kurdish referendum as opportunity
Al-Monitor | Ali Hashem: Up until the last day before the Sept. 25 Kurdish independence referendum, Iran was still dealing with the event…
Erdogan’s Iran visit sparks talk of Iraqi Kurdistan as ‘new Israel’
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…
Iran to tighten border check with Iraqi Kurdistan: Brig. Gen. Jazayeri
MNA– Brigadier General Jazayeri of Iran says that Iran will have stricter controls over borders with Iraqi Kurdistan, on the request of…
Turkey to open new crossing with Iraq in response to Kurdish vote: Yildirim
Press TV- Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says Ankara intends to open a new border crossing with Iraq in cooperation with the central government…
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…