Iraq

Iraq parliament votes to sack governor after Mosul boat incident

Mar 24, 2019 09:45

Iraq'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.
Rouhani’s Iraq visit firm indication of Iran’s regional influence

Mar 24, 2019 05:09

The Iranian president’s recent visit to Iraq was indeed a success for the two countries in the face of the illegal US sanctions on Iran, coupled with American pressures on Baghdad and meddling in the neighbourhood to destabilize the region through terrorists and tyrannical reactionary regimes – factors which Tehran and its allies are determined to defeat, as could be borne out by the recent trilateral military meeting in Damascus by the chiefs of army staff of Iran, Iraq, and Syria.
At least 72 people killed in ferry sinking in Iraq

Mar 21, 2019 13:32

At least 72 people died when an overloaded ferry sank in the Tigris river near Mosul in Iraq, medical sources told Reuters on Thursday.
US renews waiver for Iraq to continue Iran trade

Mar 20, 2019 12:42

The 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.
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.
Iraqi court sentences Belgian man to death for Daesh membership

Mar 19, 2019 03:24

A 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.
US stance against Hashd Sha’abi forces violates Iraqi sovereignty: Lawmaker

Mar 18, 2019 04:07

An 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.”
Iran keen to forge good ties with all neighbors: Rouhani

Mar 17, 2019 09:14

President Hassan Rouhani says Iran is ready to establish good relations with all its neighboring countries with an objective of advancing the region’s interests.
Iran, Kurds will never forget Halabja massacre: Zarif

Mar 17, 2019 03:44

Iranian 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.
Zarif highlights outcomes of Iranian president’s Iraq visit

Mar 15, 2019 05:03

The foreign minister of Iran posted a message on the achievements of President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Iraq, including his meeting with senior Shia Cleric Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali al-Sistani.