IRNA Salaheddin Province officials invited Iranian companies to invest in Iraq and especially in Samarra. Addressing a meeting which was held with the attendance of Iranian ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi, Salaheddin Governor Ammar Al-Jabr said due to lack of attention and also security matters, Samarra infrastructures are not suitable for pilgrims....

Tasnim Iraqi forces repelled two major offensives by Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists in the holy city of Samarra, north-central Salahuddin Province, inflicting major losses on them. On Sunday, the Takfiri terrorists attempted to sneak into eastern edges of Samarra from two different directions but were caught unawares by the Iraqi troops counterattack,...

MNA Head of Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi touched upon Sunday suicide bombings in Iraqi cities of Samarra and Tikrit, which killed at least 21 people, including 7 Iranian pilgrims. Ohadi said ISIL agents after heavy losses in Mosul, committed a heinous crime in Samarra on Sunday morning launching two suicide bombings, of ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Head of Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Saeed Ohadi announced on Friday that no Iranian national was among the victims of a triple suicide attack on a Shiite mausoleum near the Iraqi city of Samarra. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Ohadi strongly condemned the terrorist attack, saying that Daesh terrorist group (also ...

[caption id="attachment_151689" align="alignright" width="185"] Slain Iranian fighter Mohammad Hadi Zolfaghari[/caption] TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- An Iranian news agency is reporting the death of an Iranian fighter during a battle with the Islamic State group in Iraq. Tuesday's report by the semi-official Fars agency identifies the fighter as Mohammad ...

[caption id="attachment_149223" align="alignright" width="134"] Iraqi forces re-group during a military operation in Diyala Province on Jan 24, 2015. AFP[/caption] The Iraqi army, backed by volunteer forces, has retaken control of thestrategic road connecting the holy city of Samarra to a neighboringdistrict following fierce clashes with ISIL Takfiri ...

[caption id="attachment_144389" align="alignright" width="155"] Iranian Mehdi Norouzi is killed in Iraq, fighting ISIL militants.[/caption] An Iranian volunteer combatant has been killed in Iraq in fight with Takfiri ISIL militants. Mehdi Norouzi was killed on Saturday night while defending holy shrines in the Iraqi city of Samarra. Last night ...

At least three people have been killed and dozens of others wounded in a series of militant attacks in the holy city of Samarra in Iraq's northern Salahuddin Province. Reports said the Takfiri ISIL terrorists were responsible for the deadly attacks, which took place on Thursday. The militants first targeted the city center with dozens of mortar ...

Commander We Have 40-Kilometer Red Zone Inside Iraq Against the Islamic State Revolutionary Guards Denounce Fantasy of Iran-US Partnership Iran says that its next round of nuclear talks with the 5+1 Powers will be on January 18 in Geneva. Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, Irans lead nuclear negotiator, saidthe talks will be at the level ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari offered his condolences on Monday over the martyrdom of an IRGC military advisor, General Hamid Taqavi, killed in the Iraqi city of Samarrah during an advisory mission. Jafari in a message condoled with the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution ...

[caption id="attachment_141287" align="alignright" width="212"] Iranians carry the coffin of Brigadier General Hamid Taghavi, a commander of the Revolutionary Guards reportedly killed in the Iraqi city of Samarra, during his funeral in the capital Tehran on December 29, 2014. (Reuters)[/caption] ISIS has claimed the killing of a senior Iranian officer ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) � The funeral procession for General Hamid Taqavi, killed in the Iraqi city of Samarrah during an advisory mission against terrorist groups, was held in Tehran on Monday morning.     By Tasnim News Agency

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 16 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. On Monday President Rouhanis comments at a ceremony to praise the services of top farmers and his criticism of the state broadcaster for its failure to fully depict the ...

[caption id="attachment_141095" align="alignright" width="180"] Shia volunteer fighters pray inside the shrine of Imam Hassan al-Askari (PBUH) in Iraqs holy city of Samarra.[/caption] A funeral procession has been held for a senior Iranian military officer who lost his life in Iraq while on a mission to give consultation to Iraqi troops fighting the ...

A senior Iranian military commander has lost his life in the battle against the ISIL Takfiri terrorists in Iraq. The Public Relations Department of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) stated on Sunday that Brigadier General Hamid Taghavi was martyred while on an advisory mission in the holy city of Samarra. The statement added that Taghavi ...

Following the recent terrorist attack near the holy Iraqi city of Samarra,a top Shia cleric in the country has ordered the armed volunteers under his command to prepare for a military campaign. Because of the exceptional circumstances and the danger to the holy city of Samarra by the remnants of the terrorists and extremist groups , Mr. Muqtada al-...

[caption id="attachment_111140" align="alignright" width="201"] The site of a car bomb blast in Baghdad, Iraq (file photo)[/caption] A car bomb explosion has killed at least 17 people and injured 13 others in Iraqs Saladin Province, police and medical sources say. Authorities said on Tuesday that the deadly attack took place on Monday evening in ...

Iraqi army is engaged in fierce fighting with the ISIL Takfiri militants north of the capital, Baghdad. The Iraqi army, backed by local tribesmen and volunteer forces, has stepped up the campaign against the ISIL terrorists near the town of al-Dhuluiya, south of Samarra. Al-Dhuluiya has been under ISIL siege for more than two months. Earlier ...

The firm pushback against any idea of Irans cooperation with the US over the Iraqi crisis continued on Wednesday. The head of armed forces, General Hassan Firouzabadi (pictured), while denying any presence of Iranian troops in Iraq,declared, Iran-US cooperation will never happen as it would be absolutely meaningless. The Secretary of the Expediency ...

Tehran, June 12, IRNA - Iranian pilgrims have been warned against making individual trips to holy Shia sites in Iraq due to the ongoing conflict in the country. An unnamed official said on Wednesday the holy shrines of two of Shia Imams in the city of Samarra are near the areas that were recently overrun by terrorist groups, the English-language newspaper ...