FNA - A senior Iraqi official said that the Reuters' claims that Iran has transferred ballistic missiles to Iraq are imprecise as Hashd al-Shaabi (popular forces) have produced the missiles themselves. "Such reports are not precise. There is a mistake in what has been said. The missiles are produced by Hashd al-Shaabi and they were unveiled during ...

[caption id="attachment_129117" align="alignright" width="142"] Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has been wounded in Al-Qaim. (File photo: Reuters)[/caption] Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, has been wounded in Al-Qaim by an Iraqi airstrike ...

[caption id="attachment_116824" align="alignright" width="290"] Iraqi President Fouad Massoum[/caption] Iraqi President Fuad Masum says it is impossible to freeze the Islamic Republic of Iran out of the US-led campaign against the Takfiri ISIL terrorist group, which is operating inside Iraq and neighboring Syria. Speaking in a Wednesday interview ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif dismissed the recent media reports that US President Barack Obama has sent a message to Iran as a first practical step to improve the relations between the two arch foes. "The report released by (the London-based pan-Arab daily) al-Hayat in this regard is not true," Zarif told reporters ...

US President Barack Obama is eager to turn a new page in his governments relations with Iran and its newly installed president, Hassan Rouhani, it was revealed on Tuesday. According to the London-based pan-Arab dailyAl-Hayat, Obama communicated his message to the Tehran through an emissary, the ruler of Oman, Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said. Washington ...