Attackers on Iran consulate must be punished
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi said the country has urged the Baghdad government to punish those attackers behind Wednesday assault on the Iran consulate in the Iraqi city of Najaf. In a statement released on Thursday morning, Mousavi decried the attack on the consulate and said the Iraqi ambassador […]
Iraq condemns Iran’s consulate blazing
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iraq condemns an attack on Iran’s consulate in the southern city of Najaf after the building was stormed and was blazing by rioters the previous day. As Iraqi state news agency said early on Thursday, citing the foreign ministry, Wednesday’s attack was ‘aimed at damaging the historical relations between Iraq and […]
Curfew in Najaf after torching Iran consulate
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iraqi authorities have announced curfew in the holy city of Najaf after masked assailants attacked and set fire on the Iranian consulate. The rioters entered the compound and torched the entire consulate building late Wednesday, police and civil defense sources said. The staff members at the Iranian consulate had been evacuated […]
Iran’s Consulate in Karbala Hurt; Iraq Condemns the Attacks
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iraqi Foreign Ministry in a statement on Monday condemned a recent attack by a group of people under the guise of protest on Iran’s Consulate in Karbala. In the statement, the Iraqi ministry underlined the fact that diplomatic missions, which have been established based on bilateral agreements in Iraq, have sanctity […]