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…
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Yazd Airport provides extraordinary flights to Najaf for Arbaeen
IRNA – Yazd Airport has provided extraordinary flights to Najaf due to numerous requests made by the people, Director of Yazd Airports…
President leaves Najaf for Tehran
President.ir – President of the Islamic Republic of Iran left Najaf City, Iraq, for Tehran minutes ago to end his three-day visit…
President Rouhani meets with Ayatollah Sistani
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met with Iraqi Shia Marja’ Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the holy city of Najaf on…
Photos: Iran’s Rouhani arrives in Najaf
President.ir – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani who is on a three-day tour to Iraq, arrived in the central-south city of Najaf Wednesday…
Iran’s Rouhani arrives in Najaf
IRNA – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani who is on a three-day tour to Iraq, arrived in the central-south city of Najaf Wednesday…
Iran, Iraq private sectors to stand together to improve lives of all
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said Iran and Iraq private sectors will stand together in mutually beneficial endeavors…
Zarif departs Najaf for Tehran
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the end of his visit to Iraq left Najaf for Tehran on Thursday…
Zarif attends joint business forum in Najaf
MNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attended a joint business forum in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Thursday morning. Heading…
Zarif leaves Sulaymaniyah for Najaf, Karbala
ISNA – After a one-day visit to Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif and his accompanying delegation left Sulaymaniyah…
Shia scholars pay tribute to late Ayat. Shahroudi in Najaf
MNA – A ceremony was held in Najaf Seminary School of theology on Saturday to commemorate the late Chairman of Iran’s Expediency…
Shahroudi, powerful Iran cleric, dies
Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, a grand ayatollah who headed Iran’s judiciary during fierce crackdowns on dissidents, journalists and…
Iraq religious tourism squeezed by Iran sanctions
Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: With hotels facing mass cancellations, Iraqis in the holy city of Najaf are being hit hard by US…
Iran suspends flights to Iraq’s Najaf amid protests
Anadolu Agency – Iran on Saturday suspended flights to Iraq’s southern city of Najaf amid Iraqi protests over unemployment and lack of…
Two people dead in protests over economic conditions in S Iraq
Press TV – At least two people have lost their lives and more than a dozen others sustained injuries in protests over dire…
Explosions in Najaf arms depot, no casualty
IRNA – An Iraqi source said the explosions heard in Najaf were the result of an electrical wiring fault in an arms…
Photos: Imam Khomeini’s house in Najaf
Tasnim | M.Mahdi Dorani: The house in which late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini (RA) resided for more than 13…
Iran veep arrives in Najaf
IRNA – Iranian First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri who is on a three-day official visit to Iraq arrived in Najaf late Thursday.…
Fire at Iraqi hotel kills two Iranian pilgrims
IFP – At least two Iranian women have been killed and another injured in a fire at a hotel in the holy…
Najaf Province calls for further ties with Qom
IRNA – The chairman of Najaf Province Council in Iraq Khadhir al-Jabouri called for expansion of economic and tourist ties with Qom…
Report on number of injured pilgrims in Najaf incorrect: Sources
IRNA – The report on smoke inhalation of a large number of Iranian pilgrims in Iraqi city of Najaf is not correct,…
43 Iranian pilgrims wounded by fire in Iraqi hotel
IFP -A blaze that broke out inside a hotel in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf has so far wounded dozens of…
Photos: Iraq’s Najaf swarms with Arbaeen pilgrims
Tasnim | Amir Hesamnejad: With only days before Arbaeen, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), huge crowds…
Najaf airport breaking records of arrivals during Arbaeen
Press TV – Millions of mourners are flocking to Iraq’s holy cities of Najaf and Karbala to mark Arbaeen, the 40th day…
Bus crash injures 30 Iranian pilgrims in Iraq
IRNA – A bus traveling from Tehran to Iraqi town of Najaf on Friday night turned upside-down in Badreh in Iraq and…
Photos: Shia pilgrims in Imam Ali shrine in Najaf ahead of Arbaeen
Tasnim | Abdolrahman Rafati: Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims start their walking to mark Arbaeen, the 40th day after the anniversary…
Iran cancels Arbaeen flights to Iraq due to dust storms
Tasnim – The rising level of dust pollution in Iraq forced Iranian airlines to cancel their flights to the Arab country’s cities…
Tehran Municipality to clean Karbala, Najaf after Arba’een
IFP – The municipality of Tehran has taken the responsibility of cleaning the holy Iraqi cities of Karbala and Najaf after the…
Iranian bank opens branch in Iraq’s Najaf
IRNA – Bank Melli Iran (BMI) for the first time opened a branch in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf on Sunday on…
Iran resumes flights to Najaf
FNA- Iran resumed its direct flights to the airport of the holy city of Najaf, Deputy Head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization…
Iran airlines to suspend Najaf flights
Financial Tribune – All Iranian airlines will stop flying to Najaf, Iraq, as of July 1 as a result of recent regulatory…
6 killed, 22 injured as bombing rocks Najaf neighborhood
Press TV- A car bomb has exploded in a district of Iraq’s Najaf Province, leaving at least six people dead and 22 others…
Photos: Pilgrims in Shia holy shrines in Iraq’s Najaf, Karbala
Tasnim|Amir Hesami Nejad: Millions of pilgrims gathered in Iraq’s holy city of Karbala and Najaf to mark Arbaeen, commemorating the end of…
Iran to chlorinate Najaf, Karbala’s tap water : Official
November 14, The Iran Project – Head of Arbaeen’s health committee announced on Monday that Iran’s health ministry will chlorinate the tap…
No Iranian pilgrims injured in fire at Imam Ali (AS) holy shrine
Tehran, Oct 22, IRNA – Head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi said on Thursday that no Iranian pilgrims have been…
Larijani, Ayatollah Hakim discuss ways to uproot terrorism
Holy Najaf, Dec 23, IRNA – In an intimate meeting here Tuesday between visiting Iranian parliament speaker and Shi’a source of jurisprudence…
Grand Ayatollah Sistani receives Speaker Larijani in Najaf
Holy Najaf, Dec 23, IRNA – Grand source of jurisprudence Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani here on Tuesday morning received visiting Iranian Parliament…
Iran’s Larijani raps support for terrorism
Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani has criticized certain regional countries for implicitly backing terrorist groups, saying their support has led to…
Larijani begins visit of Iraq from holy Najaf
Holy Najaf, Dec 23, IRNA – Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani arrived in holy Najaf shortly after Midnight, Tuesday morning and was received…
Commander: Iran monitoring Western airspace to protect Shiite pilgrims
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian commander said air defense units are closely monitoring the country’s airspace over the western region and beyond…