The top Iranian security official has called on the visiting Iraqi prime minister to expel the terrorist groups from the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) of Iran met withvisiting Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimiin Tehran on Sunday.
In the meeting, the top Iranian ...
A senior commander of Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned Iraqs Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) against allowing terrorist groups to use its territory to pose threats against security of the Islamic Republic.
BrigadierGeneral Mohammad Pakpour made the remarks on Monday in reaction to recent moves by anti-Iran armed terrorists ...
MNA A security official at provisional governor office of western province of Kurdistan has said that Iran will close all the provinces border crossings with KRG as the Iraqi Kurds go to polls tomorrow.
The director general of security affairs at the provisional governor office of Kurdistan province in western Iran has said that all the ...
MNA Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Mon. that terrorists' acts had forced Irans armed forces to take retaliatory and deterrent measures by carrying out airstrikes on their positions in northern Iraq.
Bahram Ghasemi made the remarks in response to a question byAl-Jazeera correspondent with respect to IRGC'smissile attackat the ...
Press TV - A senior Iranian official has said that constant cooperation among Iran, Iraq and Syria will not allow the US to wield influence in Kurdish regions.
According to the Iraqi local TV network al-Beladi, Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, made the remarks at a meeting ...
Alwaght- The Iraqi Kurdistans politics have stepped into a new chapter following the September 25 2017 secession referendum whose consequences marked the defeat of efforts of Masoud Barzani to separate the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the north from Iraq.
Now the questions are revolving around how the Kurds of Iraq will secure their place ...
Rudaw - Iran has reportedly decided to reopen the official border gates of Haji Omaran and Parviz-Khan, which it shares with the Kurdistan Region.
Abdullah Akraye, head of KRG relations with Iran, told Rudaw that Iranian officials had informed them that the two border ports of Haji Omaran and Parviz-Khan would be reopened on Tuesday.
Rudaws Halo ...
Press TV - Iraqi authorities have extended for two more months an international flight ban on the countrys semi-autonomous Kurdistan region amid tensions between the Baghdad government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in the wake of the September controversial Kurdish independence referendum.
Talar Faiq Salih, the director of the ...
Alwaght - In past few days, and particularly after Iraqi Vice-President Nouri Al-Malikis interview with the Kurdish Rudaw news channel and the visits to Germany and France of the Kurdish regions Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and the Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani, the calls and even pressures for start of negotiations between the central ...
Press TV - The Iraqi prime ministerhas welcomed a decision by Kurdish officials to respect a recent court ban on secession, but calledon them to hand over control of the territory they have illegally overrun since 2003.
We will not back down, our forces are there and I urge officials of the (Kurdish) region to abide by their previous statements ...
Press TV - Iraqi Prime MinisterHaider al-Abadi has called on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to clearly announce its firm committed to the national unity followingtensions between Baghdad government and Kurdish authorities over a non-binding Kurdish independence vote.
Abadi, in a statement released by his office on Monday, demanded Kurdish ...
FNA - Representative of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Tehran Nazim Dabagh revealed that Commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Qassem Soleimani had warned the Kurdish officials of the consequences of the independence referendum.
"Mr. Soleimani headed meetings with local delegations ...
Press TV - Federal Iraqi forceshave peacefully taken control of all border crossings ringing the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) following an agreement with Kurdish authorities.
A reported agreement between Baghdad and Erbil facilitated the peaceful handover of the border posts to the federal Iraqi forces.
In a statement released ...
Press TV - The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has said that it will freeze the results of a recent vote for independence from Iraq.
Based on a statement released by the KRG on Tuesday, they also called for an immediate ceasefire and a cessation to all military operations in the northern region.
It also proposed open dialog with Baghdad ...
MNA The Iranian consulate in Erbil announced that Bashmagh border with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) reopens as of today October 25.
Iran had closed its border gates with northern Iraq in response to an independence referendum held in Iraqs Kurdish region last month.
Meanwhile, the Iranian consulate in Erbil announced that Bashmagh ...
IRNA Iraqs Foreign Ministry in a statement on Saturday denounced pre-planned onslaught on Irans consulate in Erbil and disrespecting flag of a friendly country as well as posing threats to the lives the missions staff.
Foreign Ministry also added that the leaders of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) shoulder full responsibility of the attack.
The ...
MNA Brig. Gen. Pourdastan, while pointing to neutralization of the American plot to break up Iraq, said the Arab country would increase its control over Kurdistan region in coming days.
Brigadier General Pourdastan, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Iranian Army, touched upon the referendum on the Iraqi Kurdistan region, saying the plot was in line ...
Press TV - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is lobbying world powers to support the independence of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region from the rest of the Iraqi territory, as Kurdish Peshmerga forces are losing ground to Iraqi army forces in the countrys oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk.
Israeli officials, requesting anonymity,...
Press TV - Iraqs most senior Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has called on the government to protect the Kurdish population in the north amid rising tensions between Baghdad and Iraqs secessionist Kurds.
Sistanis call was issued at the Friday prayer in the holy city of Karbala by one of his representatives, Reuters reported.
According ...
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