Iraq

Iranian diplomats resettled in new building in Iraq’s Basra after assault

Sep 12, 2018 02:51

Iranian diplomatic staff have been resettled in a new building in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra after Tehran’s previous Consulate building was torched during a broadly-condemned attack.
‘US incites Iraq’s Kurds to break promise, assault Iranian soil’

Sep 11, 2018 06:01

Iran’s top military commander says the US has been provoking the terrorists based in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region over the past year to launch assaults against Iranian soil despite their earlier promises not to do so.
Iraq officially removes US Dollar from Iran’s trade

Sep 11, 2018 02:05

Iraq indicated that it has officially removed the US dollar in trade with Iran by announcing a legal limit for passengers to carry along Euros - instead of the customary US Dollars - into the Islamic Republic.
Iraqi security forces bust five-strong terrorist cell in southern Kirkuk

Sep 10, 2018 02:31

Iraqi security forces have disbanded a terrorist group in the southern part of the country’s oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk as government troops, backed by allied fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, are trying to purge the war-ravaged Arab country of the remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
US diplomatic missions behind Basra unrest: Iraqi group

Sep 09, 2018 08:04

Iraq's Hashd al-Sha’abi says it has evidence showing US diplomatic missions in the Arab country have instigated the recent violence in the southern oil-rich city of Basra.
Iraqi officials condemn violent Basra protests, point finger at US, Daesh, Ba'athists

Sep 08, 2018 11:27

Iraqi officials have denounced recent deadly demonstrations in the southern city of Basra, saying they believe the US, Daesh terrorists and remnants of former Ba’ath regime are behind the violence.
Iran condemns 'brutal' attack on its consulate in Iraq’s Basra

Sep 08, 2018 01:13

Iran has strongly condemned a “brutal” attack on its consulate in the port city of Basra in southern Iraq, and reminded the Iraqi government of its responsibility to protect diplomatic sites.
One killed in protests over poor public services in south Iraq

Sep 06, 2018 05:57

At least one protester has lost his life and 25 others have sustained injuries during clashes with security forces in Iraq’s main southern city of Basra, as people continue to rally over poor public services.
Iran sanctions unacceptable, bound to fail: Iraqi interior minister

Sep 05, 2018 14:49

Iraq says the policy of imposing sanctions on Iran and other countries has proven futile as resistance will always prevail.
Iraqi prime minister names himself Hashd al-Sha'abi head

Sep 03, 2018 12:16

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has declared himself the head of the pro-government Popular Mobilization Units, only a few days after he dismissed their former leader over alleged involvement in “political and partisan work.”