Iraq

Iran-Iraq solid ties ensure regional security, stability: Rouhani

Feb 03, 2021 18:00

Meeting with the visiting Iraqi foreign minister, President Hassan Rouhani said Iran strongly rejects any foreign intervention in Iraq’s internal affairs, stressing that the two countries’ strong relations guarantee regional security and stability.
Ending US military deployment to region best response to Gen. Soleimani’s assassination: Zarif

Feb 03, 2021 12:34

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lauded an Iraqi court’s decision to order the arrest of former US president Donald Trump for the assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi comrade Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, saying ending the presence of US forces in the region would be the best response to such a terrorist act.
Iraq arrests top Daesh informant in Saladin Province

Feb 01, 2021 04:23

The Military Intelligence Directorate of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense says a top Daesh informant has been arrested in a suburb of Shirqat town in Saladin Province.
US-led military convoy targeted in Iraq’s Babil Province

Feb 01, 2021 03:36

A US-led military coalition's logistics support convoy has been targeted in the central Iraqi Province of Babil.
Foreign countries must stop interfering in Iraq’s affairs: Leader’s aide

Feb 01, 2021 03:26

Foreign countries must stop interfering in Iraq’s affairs and let the nation determine its own fate, says a senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
US military lands Daesh terrorists behind PMU positions in Jurf al-Sakhar: Expert

Jan 31, 2021 12:55

The US military airlifts groups of Daesh Takfiri terrorists to areas behind the positions of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in Jurf al-Sakhar region in the central province of Babil, says an Iraqi security expert.
Iraq’s popular forces repel Daesh attack on Jurf al-Sakhar

Jan 31, 2021 05:30

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, have thwarted an attack launched by the remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group on Jurf al-Sakhar region in the central Babil Province.
Security forces kill Daesh self-proclaimed leader in Iraq: PM Kadhimi

Jan 29, 2021 04:07

Iraqi Prime Minister and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces Mustafa al-Kadhimi says the country’s security forces have managed to eliminate a high-profile member of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group during a counter-terrorism operation.
Seize the opportunity to rethink regional security, Iran tells neighbors

Jan 29, 2021 03:48

Iran hails that an opportunity has arisen for the countries of the region to renew their perspective of the issue of collective security, calling the matter an asset than cannot be either bought from abroad or guaranteed by stockpiling foreign weapons.
Iraqi MPs outraged by US decision to review troop drawdown

Jan 28, 2021 04:16

Iraqi parliamentarians serve fiery responses to a decision coming out of Washington to review the previous US administration’s plan to draw down the number of American forces in the Arab country.