MNA Official delegations from the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Iraq have held the second meeting of a joint commission for coordination on Arvand Rud in Tehran. The Tuesday meeting was held within the framework of an agreement signed by the heads of the two states, according to Iran Foreign Ministry. The meeting was co-chaired ...

IRNA - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says dredging Iran-Iraq border river Arvand and establishing a railroad between the two countries will likely start in early June. In my visit to Iraq, we reached a very important agreement to dredge the Arvand River and that agreement was emphasized by both sides today as well, Rouhani said during a joint ...

Tasnim Remains of 115 Iranian troops unearthed more than 30 years after the end of the Iraqi imposed war on Iran in the 1980s were repatriated from the Arab country via a southwestern border crossing. The remains of the martyrs in Iranian-flag-wrapped caskets were transferred to Iran via the Arvand River border crossing in Khuzestan Province on ...

IRNA Iran is to build a movable railway bridge over the Arvand River as part of the 35-kilometer Shalamcheh-Basra railway project for linking Iran-Iraq railway network. Director General of the Railway and Technical Structures Department at the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) Mohammad Mousavi made the remarks in Khouzestan Province on Thursday ...

IFP - The geopolitical importance of Arvand Rud, the river that serves as part of the natural border between Iran and Iraq, is subject to the Arab countrys territorial integrity. Iraqs efforts to hold talks and settle its border disputes with Iran and to facilitate its access to the Persian Gulf not only shows Baghdads close relationship ...

IRNA | Mohammadreza Khabbazan: The bodies of 130 Iranian martyrs who fought against Saddam in Iran- Iraq war, repatriated from Iraq after nearly 30 years.      

Abadan, April 27, IRNA Commander of Iran's Border Guards announced that Iran and Iraq will soon hold joint maneuvers in Arvand River and in the near future. 'We will hold joint maneuvers in the first half of the current Iranian year in the Northern part of the Persian Gulf and Arvand River with Iraqi border guards in a bid to boost the regional security,...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) An Iranian official announced that Tehran and Baghdad are in talks over removing sunken vessels from the river bed of the Arvand Rood, a river shared by Iran and Iraq, in a bid to boost shipment through the waterway. "We need a mutual understanding between the two neighboring countries to remove vessels sunk in this waterway ...

Tehran, Jan 1, IRNA Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhundi announced that agreement has been reached between Iran and Iraq on railway link at Shalamcheh border point. He said the border bridge in that route will be completed in 18 months. Speaking in a joint meeting with Iraqi transportation minister during which a memorandum of understanding ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tehran and Baghdad have come to an agreement on the Arvand River and the implementation of the 1975 Algiers Accord between the two neighboring countries. We have managed to come to an understanding about work on the Arvand River and implementation of the 1975 Algiers Accord and ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani underlined that during the upcoming visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki his government will focus on removing the problems of the Arvand River, known as Shatt al-Arab in Iraq. Cleansing and dredging the Arvand River which should be done in cooperation with Iraq is among the governments priorities,...