TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iraq has proposed Jordan to host its 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asia Cup qualifiers after FIFA requested a neutral ground for Iran-Iraq match because of ongoing protests, officials said Wednesday. Iraq had been due to play the two games in Basra — against Iran on Nov. 14 and Bahrain on Nov. 19 — but […]

TEHRAN (Iran News)- A senior Iraqi legislator warned that the US is hatching dangerous plots to disintegrate Iraq and form a Sunni-controlled territory by overthrowing Abdul Mahdi government. Hunain al-Qaddo, the representative of al-Bana coalition in the Iraqi parliament, was quoted by the Arabic-language service of Sputnik as saying that the Kurds support the Sunni […]

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 […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iraq’s Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has called for ending protests in Iraq streets, saying that they are paralyzing the country and costing the economy “billions of dollars.”   In a statement published on Sunday, Abdul-Mahdi said that “it is a month that office buildings, schools, universities and a significant portion of social […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Iraq trade minister said that ongoing protests delayed discharge of several rice and food shipments at the country’s main port of Umm Qasr. Protests have delayed the discharge of several food shipments, Mohammed Hashim al-Aani, Iraq trade minister said on Sunday, Reuters reported. Protesters on Saturday blocked all roads leading […]

TEHRAN (Iran News)- Former Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari blamed the US embassy in Baghdad for hatching plots and leading the unrest in Iraq. “Undoubtedly, today’s problems in Iraq have been created due to the presence of the Americans and the country’s embassy in Iraq; the Iraqi […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A large Iraqi popular group, in a statement on Saturday, announced that the majority of Iraqis oppose strongly any form of gathering protesters insulting Iran in the ongoing Iraq protests. The Ansar group (supporters) allied to Hashd al-Sha’abi warned against the negative impacts of divisive slogans by some protestors. “The fact […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – “The Lebanese and Iraqi nations are putting forward some reasonable demands but it is vital to know that their demands can be satisfied with the framework of the regulations of their countries,” Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the commander-in-chief of the Iranian Armed Forces Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said during […]

TEHRAN (Iran News)- A leading Arab newspaper said the UAE and Saudi Arabia have for several months been plotting to launch a coup against Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi. The Arabic-language al-Akhbar newspaper wrote on Saturday that since Abdul Mahdi was entrusted with formation of a cabinet in Iraq and the al-Fatah and Sa’eroun […]

Iraqi police fired live shots into the air as well as rubber bullets and dozens of tear gas canisters Friday to disperse thousands of anti-government protesters, sending young demonstrators running for cover and enveloping a main bridge in the capital Baghdad with thick white smoke. Eight protesters were killed and dozens were injured in Iraq’s […]