TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani in a message to his Iraqi counterpart Osama al-Nujaifi stressed Tehrans preparedness to cooperate with Baghdad in fighting terrorism. In his message on Wednesday, Larijani also slammed the assassination attempt against Osama al- Nujaifi and his brother Atheel al-Nujaifi. A roadside bomb ...

Iran Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says Takfiri groups carried out the terrorist bomb attack against his Iraqi counterpart, calling on Iraqi officials to maintain their national unity. I suspect that perpetrators of this [act of] terror are neither Shia nor Sunni Muslims but they are Takfiri groups who have been in Iraq for a while, Larijani told reporters ...

Nearly 20 people have been killed and more than 30 others wounded in a fresh wave of violence across Iraq. Iraqi police and interior ministry officials said that at least 19 people lost their lives in separate deadly attacks on Wednesday. Reports say gunmen killed four policemen after attacking a checkpoint in southern Baiji, north of the capital,...

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi has escaped an assassination attempt, which has left at least five people injured in the north of the country. On Wednesday, a car bomb and a subsequent roadside bomb exploded in the south of the city of Mosul in Nineveh province, where Nujaifis convoy was passing, AFP quoted the parliament speakers office ...