Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani called for efforts to expedite the implementation of the Iraqi parliaments resolution on the expulsion of foreign forces, describing it as a great stride in improving regional security and stability. In a meeting with the chairman of Hashd al-Shaabi Falih al-Fayyadh, held in Tehran ...

The president of Iran cautioned the Iraqi prime minister about a complicated policy that the US is pursuing in the Arab country, saying the Americans double game in the fight against terrorism and their activities along the Iraq-Syria border run counter to regional interests. In a telephone conversation with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says regional countries are capable of ensuring security in the region and do not need any foreign powers to do this for them. "Regional security is maintained by regional countries and foreign forces must leave the region," Zarif said in a meeting with Iraqi National Security Council (INSC) Advisor Qasim ...

Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani denounced the US as the root cause of insecurity in the region, saying that the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq would be in the interest of stability in the Arab country. In a meeting with Iraq's national security adviser Qasim Mohammad Jalal al-Araji, held in Tehran on Monday,...

Foreign countries must stop interfering in Iraqs affairs and let the nation determine its own fate, says a senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Ali Akbar Velayati made the remarks in a Sunday meeting with the UN Secretary Generals Special Representative for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, during which ...

All the American forces must leave Iraq in line with a decision approved by the Iraqi parliament, says the chief commander of Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC). American forces must be expelled from Iraq in accordance with the decision approved by the countrys parliament and this is also a public demand on the part of the Iraqi people, ...

Reuters - United States-led international coalition troops withdrew from Iraqs Taji military base on Sunday and handed it over to Iraqi security forces, Reuters witnesses and the coalition said. The base, 20 km (12 miles) north of Baghdad, had been the site of frequent rocket attacks by Iran-backed militias targeting U.S.-led troops in recent months....

Al-Monitor - The meeting between Iran's supreme leader and the Iraqi prime minister took place at a critical juncture in Iran-Iraq relations and amid the tug of war between Tehran and Washington over influence in Iraqi politics The contentious topic of the US military presence in Iraq was at the heart of a meeting between Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah ...

Reuters - Three Katyusha rockets landed in the perimeter of Baghdad International Airport on Wednesday but caused no damage or casualties, the Iraqi military said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Security officials said it was not immediately clear whether a military base hosting U.S. troops next to the airport was ...

Press TV - Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known by their Arabic name Hashd al-Sha'abi, have blasted the US forces based in their country as "occupiers", pledging to bring the occupationof the Arab country to an end. In a joint statement on Saturday, Hashd al-Shaabi groups said from now on the US troops in the Arab country will be ...

Press TV - Irans top diplomat has dismissed US President Donald Trumps claim that Tehran is about to launch an attack on American troops in Iraq, reaffirming the stance that the Islamic Republic will not initiate any war but it will decisively respond to aggression. Iran starts no wars, but teaches lessons to those who do, Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted ...

AMN Al-Masdar News - A military base in Iraq hosting foreign troops has come under a rocket attack, AFP reported citing military sources. According to the Iraqi military, a pair of rockets hit the Besmaya base located south of the capital Baghdad late Monday night. The military installation hosts Spanish forces assisting the US-led anti-Daesh* efforts ...

Sputnik - The US government can expect continued military resistance in the Middle East as long as it continues its illegal occupation of Iraq, Mohammad Marandi, an expert on American studies and postcolonial literature who teaches at the University of Tehran, told Sputnik. The US on Thursday conducted retaliatory strikes against Iraqi Shia paramilitary ...

Reuters - Multiple rockets fell on Saturday morning inside Iraqs Taji military base that houses U.S.-led coalition troops, for the second time in a week, security sources told Reuters. An Iraqi colonel inside the base told Reuters he heard at least 10 rockets hit the base and said he could now hear sirens blaring. A similar rocket attack on Wednesday ...

Reuters - Irans foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump should blame attacks against U.S. and allied forces in Iraq on their presence and behavior. Instead of undertaking dangerous steps and resorting to baseless accusations, Trump should review the illegal presence and behavior of his troops in the region and ...

Reuters - One British and two American personnel were killed and about a dozen people were wounded when 18 small rockets hit Iraqs Taji military camp north of Baghdad on Wednesday, U.S. officials told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. The officials, who cautioned the death toll may rise given the severity of some of the injuries, said ...

MNA | Fatemeh Salehi: A member of the Political office of the National Wisdom Movement in Iraq Fadi al-Shammari emphasized that the United States is trying to stay in Iraq by any means possible, but Iraqis are aware of this plot. It may be argued that the most significant event after the martyrdom of Lt. General Soleimani and his comrade Mahdi al-...

MNA Iranian ambassador to Baghdad, Iraj Masjedi, said Iraq is capable of defending its territories against terrorism without having to rely on foreign troops. The US military bases, no matter where they are, pose a great inconvenience for the nations and cause insecurity, the Iranian ambassador to Baghdad, Iraj Masjedi, said on Saturday. He ...

Reuters - Several blasts hit a U.S.-led coalition military base in Baghdad early on Sunday from an apparent rocket attack, a U.S. military official said. The official did not immediately say if the attack caused any casualties or significant damage. Rocket attacks which Washington blames on Iran-backed militias have regularly hit near and occasionally ...

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB: The Iraqi government has told its military not to seek assistance from the U.S.-led coalition in operations against the Islamic State group, two senior Iraqi military officials said, amid a crisis of mistrust between Washington and Baghdad after an American strike killed a top Iranian general and an Iraqi militia ...