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Iraq will be no starting point for action against neighbors, Salih assures Iran
Apr 11, 2019 14:23Salih made the remarks in a meeting on Thursday with Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi in Baghdad, where the two sides exchanged views on bilateral ties and other issues of mutual interest, according to a statement by Iraq's Presidential Office.
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Iraq receives more T-90 battle tanks from Russia to boost ground force
Apr 10, 2019 00:57A high-ranking Iraqi military commander says the country’s army has received a new batch of advanced T-90 battle tanks from Russia under a major deal struck between Moscow and Baghdad in July 2017.
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Turkey, Qatar, China, Iraq denounce US blacklisting of IRGC
Apr 10, 2019 00:19Turkey, Qatar, China, and Iraq have separately denounced US President Donald Trump’s recent move to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group.
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Iran calls on US to stop funding terrorists
Apr 08, 2019 10:30Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, in a Monday morning meeting with Vice-President of the German Bundestag Claudia Roth, called for a stop to the financing of terrorism by self-proclaimed advocates of human rights, making reference to the US.
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Make US troops leave Iraq as soon as possible: Ayatollah Khamenei
Apr 07, 2019 00:19Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Baghdad government should expel US forces from Iraq as soon as possible.
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Iran, Iraq to boost trade ties, cooperation in terror fight: President Rouhani
Apr 06, 2019 23:52President Hassan Rouhani says Iran and Iraq are keen to expand their cooperation in the fight against terrorism and smuggling while seeking stronger ties in the power, gas and oil sectors.
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Iraqi PM in Iran to cement ties
Apr 06, 2019 06:32Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi is in Iran for his first official visit since he took office, in a further sign that Baghdad is serious about maintaining close ties with Tehran despite US pressures.
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Saudi Arabia reopens consulate in Iraq
Apr 05, 2019 08:08Saudi Arabia has reopened its consulate in Iraq as Riyadh seeks closer ties with Baghdad amid Iran’s growing relations with his neighboring Arab country following the defeat of Daesh.
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Iraqi military planes drop $25-million reward leaflets for Daesh head
Apr 04, 2019 02:17Iraqi military aircraft have dropped leaflets over desert areas in the country’s western province of Anbar, offering a reward of millions of dollars for intelligence that would lead to the capture of the leader of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, Ibrahim al-Samarrai aka Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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‘Afghanistan next destination for Washington to nurture Salafi terrorism’
Mar 31, 2019 11:32Chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh warned that the US is preparing the ground to transfer the Salafi terrorists from Syria and Iraq to Afghanistan.