IRNA - Iraqi minister for foreign affairs on Tuesday said that his country will not support the anti-Iranian sanctions. Baghdad will continue friendly relations with Tehran and will not accompany Washington in imposing sanctions on Iran, Ibrahim Al Jafari said, according to the Iraqi state TV. Iran is Iraq's neighbor and the two countries enjoy ...

IRNA Iraqi Foreign Minister Ebrahim al-Jafari said on Monday that attack on Irans consulate in Basra by a group of mercenaries was not an attack on Iran but on Iraq as well. In a televised speech on Monday, he added that the Iraqi nation and government should not be blamed for wrong moves by a few people. Attackers were a few mercenaries who tried ...

IRNA Iran's Minister of Communication and Information Technology and Iraq's Foreign Minister urged boosting bilateral cooperation in every sphere in order to hold the ceremonies of Arba'een smoothly. The Iranian Minister Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi and the Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari in a meeting on Wednesday in Iraq's capital city,...

IRNA Iranian Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Mohammad Hossein Zolfaqari and the Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'fari in a meeting in Baghdad on Thursday discussed mutual cooperation as well as international and regional developments. The top officials discussed the recent developments in the region, recent developments in fighting ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said Iranian commander Major General Qassem Soleimani is helping the Arab countrys forces in the fight against the Takfiri Daesh (ISIL) terrorists at the request of the Baghdad government. At a press conference on Monday, al-Jaafari referred to the presence of Iranian military advisers, ...

Iraq will mediate to try to resolve the diplomatic row between Iran and Saudi Arabia, its Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said on Wednesday, according to a translation of his comments. He was speaking in a joint press conference with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif broadcast live on Iranian state television. Jaafari's translated ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim Jaafari, in their meeting in New York on Sunday, exchanged views on the latest developments in the region as well as the recent deadly crush in Mecca. The meeting between foreign ministers of the two neighboring countries was held on the sidelines of ...

[caption id="attachment_152836" align="alignright" width="242"] Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) during a press conference with Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on February 24, 2015.[/caption] TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reiterated that the country would continue ...

[caption id="attachment_152777" align="alignright" width="195"] Iraqi foreign minister Ibrahim Jafari (L) & Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R). (File Photo)[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned against any kind of aggression against the regional countries, saying that such moves could ...

[caption id="attachment_135211" align="alignright" width="196"] Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari[/caption] TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iraqs foreign minister lashed out at US plans for the deployment of special forces to his country under the pretext of fighting the ISIL terror group, saying Baghdad has not asked the UN for any such troops. The message ...

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Tehran, Baghdad, and Damascus have collectively condemned the latest Israeli airstrikes on Syria. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem and Iraqi Foreign Minister Ebrahim al-Jaafari blasted the Israeli air raids at a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the international conference on the World Against ...

(Reuters) - The foreign ministers ofIran,SyriaandIraqmet in Tehran on Tuesday, saying that they would carry on working together to battle radical Sunni Muslim militants, Syrian and Iranian state media reported. Iranhas thrown its weight behind Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during Syria's three-year-old civil war and has also acknowledged sending ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari praised Iran for rushing to help the Arab country to fight against the ISIL terrorist group long before the US began to forge a coalition for countering the notorious Takfiri group. Iran stood by Iraq before the formation of the international coalition against the ISIL, Jafari said in an address ...

Tehran, Dec 8, IRNA Chairman of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Monday that Iraq can play a very significant role to help resolve issues in Syria and Lebanon. Rafsanjani made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. Cooperation of Islamic countries with Iraq will be to the benefit ...

A senior Iranian official has called terrorism the main threat to world peace and security, saying the presence of foreign troops in the Middle East has complicated the process of establishing security in the region. There is enough potential in the Middle East to establish lasting peace and stability in the region, Secretary of Irans Supreme National ...

Tehran, Dec 8, IRNA Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Jafari said Iran expects more help from Iran in its fighting against Daesh (ISIS). He made the remarks in a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif here on Sunday evening. Concerning goals of his visit to Iran, Jafari said the visit is in direction of deepening common ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari called on Muslim scholars to enlighten the world people about the terrorist acts that the Takfiri groups commit in the name of Islam. The Iraqi foreign minister made the remarks addressing the 'World Congress on Extremist and Takfiri Movements in the Islamic Scholars' View' in the Holy City of ...

[caption id="attachment_119527" align="alignright" width="213"] Iraq's Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari[/caption] Iraq's Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari has expressed gratitude to Iran for supporting Baghdad in its fight against terrorism. "Iran has provided assistance to Iraq, as have some other countries. This is not a secret and we have ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst Mehrdad Moarefian and Iran Intern Amir Toumaj, with contributors Chris Rawlins, Diana Timmerman, and Marie Donovan. Military and Security IRGC Commander Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari spoke at a news conference ...