MNA Trade volume exchange between Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraqis Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) will hit $6 billion annually. Chairman of Iraqi Exporters and Importers Union in Kurdistan Sheikh Mustafa Abdul Rahman pointed to the relations between Islamic Republic of ran and Iraqis Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and added, exchange ...

Tasnim Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated Nechirvan Barzani on his election as the new president of Iraqs Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). In a telephone conversation on Wednesday, the top Iranian diplomat also wished success for Barzani and the people of the Iraqi Kurdistan region. The Iraqi Kurdish parliament on ...

IRNA - Iranian foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message hailed the role of late Iraqi President Jalal Talebani saying he was a close friend. 'While in Sulaymaniya, also paid tribute to late President of #Iraq Jalal Talabaninot merely a close, personal friend, but also an admirable, patriotic statesman who played vital role in promoting ...

MNA According to a report by Kurdish Media, the re-imposed US sanctions on Iran, which will take effect on Nov. 4, will seriously hurt the Iraqi Kurdistan's economy. Iran is the third trade partner of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) after Turkey and China, according a report by Erbil-based Rudaw news network. Iranian products constitute 69% ...

Tasnim Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri put the onus on the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to take action against anti-Iranian groups stationed along the border areas. Major General Baqeri paid a visit to a number of military border posts in the western province of Kermanshah ...

MNA Chief of General Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri urged Iraqi government and KRG to hand over separatist Kurdish dissidents stationed there and close their bases. We achieved all our objectives in this attack, said Chief of General Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, in response ...

Tasnim The Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Governments spokesperson expressed Erbils opposition to the armed groups that threaten the neighboring states, stressing that the KRG government does not allow such groups to use its territory for moves against Iran and Turkey. In an interview with Tasnim, KRG spokesperson and chief of staff of the KRG prime ...

MNA Iranian Consulate General in Erbil delivered a formal protest letter of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the officials of the local government of KRG in Erbil. A diplomatic delegation of The Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Erbil headed by Mr. Borhani met with one of the officials of the foreign relations office of the ...

Iranian Diplomacy I Bahram Valadbeigi: In his two-day visit to Tehran, Kurdistan Regional Governments Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani received a warm welcome by Iranian officials, which serves as a herald to settlement of disputes between Baghdad and Erbil and a likely turning point for Tehran-KRG relations. The controversial independence referendum ...

Tasnim The prime minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) praised Iran for its assistance to Iraq in the war against terrorism, ensuring that Erbil will never allow the Kurdish regions territory to be used for posing threats to Iran. In a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on Sunday, Nechirvan Barzani gave ...

Press TV- President Hassan Rouhani says Iran invariably backs a united and integrated Iraq, warning against attempts by certain foreign powers to deal a blow to regional stability and security. At a Sunday meeting with Nechirvan Barzani, the prime minister of Iraqs Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), President Rouhani said all regional countries ...

Tasnim Irans Consulate General in Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan region, condemned a recent act of aggression against the consulate and said the incident was politically motivated. On Friday evening, when the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran was closed, some individuals who had political motives made an act of aggression ...

Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: Iran and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq have historically been on good terms. During the Saddam Hussein years, Iran was one of the main countries to host Kurdish leaders. In the post-Saddam era, Tehran and Erbil have enjoyed good neighborly relations. This relationship manifested itself inIranian forcescoming ...

IFP- Iraqi premier has reportedly appointed an Arab politician as the new acting governor of Kirkuk, which is the scene of conflict between Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmarga since the beginning of the central governments operation to retake the oil-rich city. Iraqs Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has assigned Deputy Governor of Kirkuk ...

Press TV- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has denied an attack plan against the positions of Kurdish Peshmerga forces amid ongoing tensions between the central government in Baghdad and authorities of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. We are not going to use our army to fight our people or to make war on our Kurdish citizens or others, Abadi ...

Sputnik News- Despite claims to stay the 'eternal friend of Kurds', Iran reportedly temporarily banned its companies transporting oil products from Iraqi Kurdistan. "The organization oftransport and traffic management temporarily prohibited the loading and transportation offuel fromIran toIraqi Kurdistan and fromit inconnection withthe latest ...

Press TV- The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has refused to relinquish control of its border crossings to the Iraqi government as Arab-Kurdtensions simmer inlight of Mondays referendum on the independenceof the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region from the rest of the Iraqi territory. Iraq's Kurdish-languageRudawtelevision network, which is ...

Press TV- Irans prominent Sunni cleric Molavi Abdul Hamid has voiced his objection to the potential secession of the northern Kurdistan region from Iraqi mainland, urging the Kurdish people to maintain their unity. The territorial integrity and independence of Muslim countries are vital and important, Abdul Hamid said in an address to Sunni ...

Press TV- Iraqs topShia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has voiced opposition to the secession of the northern Kurdistan region from the mainland, warning of the negative repercussions of such unilateral steps. Grand Ayatollah Sistanis representative Ahmed al-Safi said in a Friday sermon on his behalf in the holy city of Karbala that ...

FNA- Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani underlined more negotiations between Tehran, Baghdad and Ankara after the recent independence referendum in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, noting that more sanctions will be imposed on Kurds in Iraq. "Mr. Shamkhani believed that trilateral negotiations among Iran, Iraq ...