Tehran, Dec 15, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday demanded the Iraqi government to ensure safety of Iranians working or living in Iraq. In a telephone conversation with the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, President Rouhani stressed the need to provide the Iranians residing or working in Iraq as well as the pilgrims with full security ...

Gunmen have shot dead 18 people and injured five others working on a gas pipeline from Iran to Iraq, northeast of Baghdad. The majority of those killed were said to be Iranians. Masked gunmen launched an attack near Baladruz, a small village in the Diyala province of Iraq. It was reported that the group of attackers were driving three vehicles. The ...

Baghdad, Dec 13, IRNA The Iraqi government established a fact finding committee on Friday night following the martyrdom of at least 16 Iranian gas engineers and workers on Naftshahr-Baghdad gas pipeline project earlier in the night by masked gunmen. Hassan Danaiefar, Irans ambassador to Iraq, told IRNA in early hours of Saturday morning that the ...