Iraq

Rouhani, Iraqi counterpart meets, confer in Baghdad

Mar 11, 2019 08:40

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is in Baghdad on a trip aimed at solidifying strategic ties despite US efforts to keep the two neighbors apart and curb Iran's influence in the region.
Rouhani sets off on historic visit to Iraq in major blow to Trump

Mar 11, 2019 06:27

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has arrived in Baghdad on a trip that is aimed at solidifying strategic ties despite US efforts to keep the two neighbors apart and curb Iran's influence in the region.
Leader awards General Soleimani with Iran's highest military order

Mar 11, 2019 03:24

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has awarded Iran’s highest military order, the ‘Order of Zulfaqar’, to IRGC Quds Force’s Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani.
‘Unlike Saudi Arabia, Iran seeks no tension with any country’

Mar 11, 2019 03:00

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says unlike Riyadh, Tehran does not seek tension with any country in the region, including Saudi Arabia.
Iraq will not be part of US sanctions regime against Iran: President Salih

Mar 10, 2019 13:57

Iraq’s President Barham Salih says his country will not be part of a regime of unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran and will do its best to reduce the damage done to the Iranian nation as a result of the bans.
By law or force: Iraq's popular forces vow to oust US occupation troops

Mar 10, 2019 13:30

Ousting US troops from Iraq despite Donald Trump's vow to stay is now the top goal of Hashd ash-Sha’abi or Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU); and their leaders say there are only two ways -- by passing a new law, or by force.
Iran FM: No third party allowed to interfere in Iraq-Iran relations

Mar 10, 2019 12:21

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said third party interference may not leave a negative impact on the relations between Tehran and Baghdad.
Iran will be opening new chapter with Iraq: Zarif

Mar 10, 2019 09:19

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says an upcoming visit by President Hassan Rouhani to Iraq — the president’s first — will be the beginning of a new chapter in Tehran-Baghdad relations.
Iraq rejects foreign forces deployment, military bases on its territory: Cleric

Mar 10, 2019 02:32

Iraqi cleric and the leader of the National Wisdom Movement says his fellow countrymen and women reject both a permanent foreign military base on Iraq’s territory and the deployment of foreign combat forces to the Arab country.
Iran, Iraq’s foreign ministers discuss Pres. Rouhani's upcoming visit to Baghdad

Mar 09, 2019 03:58

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Iraqi counterpart Mohamed Ali Alhakim held a phone conversation to discuss preparations for President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Iraq later this month.