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Iraq needs to import electricity from Iran for 3 years: Parliament speaker
Mar 30, 2019 00:49Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi says he hopes the United States will keep waiving sanctions on energy imports from neighboring Iran, noting that the Arab country will need to purchase electricity from the Islamic Republic for three years.
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Suspected Daesh bomb attack hits northern Iraq, terrorists dead: Army
Mar 24, 2019 12:14Iraq's army says three suspected Daesh Takfiri terrorists have died after blowing themselves up in northern Iraq but there were no casualties among government forces.
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Iraq parliament votes to sack governor after Mosul boat incident
Mar 24, 2019 09:45Iraq's parliament voted on Sunday to sack the governor of Nineveh after an overloaded ferry capsized, killing at least 100 people, in the provincial capital of Mosul, state media said.
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At least 72 people killed in ferry sinking in Iraq
Mar 21, 2019 13:32At least 72 people died when an overloaded ferry sank in the Tigris river near Mosul in Iraq, medical sources told Reuters on Thursday.
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US renews waiver for Iraq to continue Iran trade
Mar 20, 2019 12:42The Trump administration says it is extending a 90-day waiver for the second time to let Iraq continue energy imports from Iran which is under draconian US sanctions.
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Iran, Iraq, Syria bound by battlefield blood: Assad
Mar 19, 2019 09:47“The relation, which gathers Syria with Iran and Iraq, is strong,” Assad said in the capital Damascus on Monday, the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.
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Iraqi court sentences Belgian man to death for Daesh membership
Mar 19, 2019 03:24A court in Iraq has sentenced a Belgian national to death by hanging over his membership in the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and involvement in criminal acts in the war-ravaged Arab country.
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US stance against Hashd Sha’abi forces violates Iraqi sovereignty: Lawmaker
Mar 18, 2019 04:07An Iraqi legislator has condemned recent remarks by US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino against pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), describing them as “prejudicial” and “in violation of the sovereignty of Iraq.”
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Iran keen to forge good ties with all neighbors: Rouhani
Mar 17, 2019 09:14President Hassan Rouhani says Iran is ready to establish good relations with all its neighboring countries with an objective of advancing the region’s interests.
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Iran, Kurds will never forget Halabja massacre: Zarif
Mar 17, 2019 03:44Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has recalled the massacre of Iraqi Kurds at the hands of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hossein in a chemical attack on March 16, 1988, saying Western governments would fail in their attempts to whitewash the incident.