• Airlines from Persian Gulf States continue to fly over Iran, Iraq

    Airlines from Persian Gulf States continue to fly over Iran, Iraq

    Jan 19, 2020 10:30

    Airlines from Persian Gulf countries, including Qatar Airways and Emirates, continue to fly in Iraqi and Iranian airspace and to cities in both countries after a recent military standoff between Iran and the US which led to the downing of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran.

  • Evidence suggests US lied about Iranian strikes on US facilities in Iraq

    Evidence suggests US lied about Iranian strikes on US facilities in Iraq

    Jan 18, 2020 10:21

    The United States military has admitted that 11 of its terrorist troops were wounded in an Iranian retaliatory missile attack despite Washington's initial claim denying casualties. US Central Command Spokesman Captain Bill Urban said in a statement recently "While no US service members were killed in the January 8 Iranian attack on al-Asad Airbase, several were treated for concussion symptoms from the blasts and are still being assessed."

  • Iraqi forces arrest obese Daesh mufti in Mosul

    Iraqi forces arrest obese Daesh mufti in Mosul

    Jan 18, 2020 08:18

    Iraqi forces have arrested an overweight Daesh ‘mufti’ in the city of Mosul who advocated enslaving, raping, torturing and ethnic cleansing.

  • Leader wishes swift recovery for Grand Ayatollah Sistani

    Leader wishes swift recovery for Grand Ayatollah Sistani

    Jan 17, 2020 13:12

    Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has prayed for the speedy recovery for Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani, who underwent surgery for a fractured bone following an accident in his home in Najaf, Iraq on Thursday.

  • Trump’s policies against Iraq amount to piracy: Iraqi lawmaker

    Trump’s policies against Iraq amount to piracy: Iraqi lawmaker

    Jan 17, 2020 11:27

    An Iraqi legislator has denounced US President Donald Trump’s threats to impose sanctions on his country and demand billions of dollars in compensation if it expels the American troops, stating that such policies are equal to “piracy.”

  • Iraq denies report it has restarted joint military operations with US

    Iraq denies report it has restarted joint military operations with US

    Jan 17, 2020 05:10

    The Iraqi government has denied claims that the country’s military is resuming joint operations with the US-led coalition after Washington’s assassination of top Iranian and Iraqi commanders.

  • US threats over Baghdad’s S-400 procurement detached from reality: Iraqi MP

    US threats over Baghdad’s S-400 procurement detached from reality: Iraqi MP

    Jan 17, 2020 04:54

    An Iraqi lawmaker has dismissed US threats to impose sanctions on Baghdad over its procurement of advanced Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems, saying such pressure is far away from realities on the ground.

  • US forces to suffer heavy defeat if they refuse to leave Iraq: PMU

    US forces to suffer heavy defeat if they refuse to leave Iraq: PMU

    Jan 16, 2020 10:41

    A senior official from Iraq's Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq group, which is part of the country's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) or Hashd al-Sha'abi, says his fellow comrades are ready to inflict heavy losses on American troops should Washington refuse to comply with a parliament decision demanding the withdrawal of all US-led foreign military forces from the West Asian country.

  • Ayn al-Asad was merely a slap, but the U.S. must leave the region (3)

    Ayn al-Asad was merely a slap, but the U.S. must leave the region (3)

    Jan 16, 2020 04:38

    Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday, January 8, hours after Iran gave a sampling of its avowed vengeance by attacking two American military bases in Iraq for the unpardonable U.S. crime of martyring General Qassem Soleimani, granted audience in Tehran to a large gathering of the people of Qom, on the eve of the 42nd anniversary of the uprising of the people of that holy city against the British-installed and American-supported Pahlavi regime.

  • Zarif: Only Trump, Pompeo, Daesh celebrating martyrdom of Gen. Soleimani

    Zarif: Only Trump, Pompeo, Daesh celebrating martyrdom of Gen. Soleimani

    Jan 15, 2020 09:05

    Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says the only people celebrating the martyrdom of Iran’s Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani are US President Donald Trump, his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Daesh Takfiri terror group.