An American Middle East expert described the recent US attacks on positions of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units as a “clear violation” of the Arab country’s sovereignty, adding that Washington prefers to continue its occupation of Iraq.

Caretaker government of Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi announced three days of public mourning for members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) who were killed in US drone strikes on a number of Kata'ib Hezbollah bases in Anbar province.

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that the US did not inform Russia about its strikes against a whole number of targets in Syria and Iraq last weekend.

Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) strongly condemned US attack on Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in Iraq on Sunday and called revenge, response as the natural right of the people and the defense forces of this country.

After lots of arguments, the Iraqi parliament finally approved the new election law. Iraqi parliamentarians approved all the articles of the new election law by holding a meeting. The law consists of 50 articles that were passed and agreed upon by all the members of the parliament. Iran News quotes the report of Tehran Times. […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iraq President Barham Saleh submitted his resignation to parliament in protest against the nomination of Asaad Al Eidani to the premiership, Al Jazeera reported. According to Fars News Agency, Iraqi President Barham Salih announced his resignation on Thursday to open up for public choice after protests over unemployment and low-quality public […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Parliament approved a new election law of Iraq aimed at giving political independents a better chance of winning seats in parliament. The new election law changes each of the Iraq 18 provinces into several electoral districts, with one legislator elected per 100,000 people, AP reported. It also prevents parties from running […]

Top Advisor to Iranian Leader Ali Akbar Velyati noted on Monday that Iran does not back any of the Iraqi PM candidates.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The US military evacuated about 300 family members and relatives of ISIS militants (also known as ISIL or Daesh), terrorist groups, from the Al-Hawl camp in Northern Syria to Iraq, Syrian state television reported on Wednesday. “US military occupiers have taken out 300 family members or relatives of ISIS militants of […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Hassan Danaeefar, the former Iranian Ambassador to Iraq, has said that it is the Iraqi people who should decide about the destiny of their own country. In an interview with the Mehr news agency published on Monday, Hassan Danaeefar said, “The Islamic Republic of Iran has always wanted peace, welfare and […]