Iraq’s President Barham Salih exchanged views with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif about a range of issues, including regional developments, and voiced his country’s willingness to enhance its relations with Iran. In the meeting in Baghdad on Monday, attended by an Iranian delegation led by Zarif, Salih stressed the need to pursue political solutions to all regional […]

 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that President Rouhani will make a visit to Iraqi capital Baghdad in the coming months. Making the remarks on the sideline of his visit to Baghdad, Zarif said that Iranian president will undertake a visit to Iraq on March 11, IRNA reported. He didn’t provide further details about […]

 Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that the Iraqi authorities’ positive stances toward Tehran will help improve ties between Iran and Iraq. Heading a politico-economic delegation, Zarif arrived in Baghdad on Sunday, IRNA reported. “In this trip, we plan to explore the areas of expansion of relations and cooperation,” he told reporters. According […]

Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi said on Tuesday that Iran and Iraq have brotherly and friendly ties. During a press conference, he said that Iraq focuses on interaction with the neighboring countries based on commonalities. He said in December that Iraq will seeks to find an exemption from U.S. sanctions against Iran. In violation of […]

Iran exported 15.485 million tons of non-oil commodities worth $6.929 billion to Iraq during the past nine months (March 21- Dec. 21), keeping the Arab country its top export destination for several consecutive months. According to the data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration, the figure accounts for 17.81% of the volume […]

Iraq’s foreign minister said that his country is “not obliged” to abide by sanctions imposed by the US against Iran and would be pursuing options to continue bilateral trade. On December 20, the US granted Baghdad a 90-day extension to a waiver on abiding by the sanctions that were re-imposed on the Islamic Republic in […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif plans to visit India and neighboring Iraq in coming days. Heading a large economic delegation, Zarif is slated to travel to India at the official invitation of South Asian country’s officials. The top diplomat said representatives of Iran’s private sector would have an active presence in the trip. After […]

 The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump for his unannounced and secret trip Iraq, describing it as an undiplomatic move that demonstrated disrespect for Iraq’s national sovereignty. “As Mr. Trump himself said in his address to the U.S. military in Iraq’s Ein al-Asad … he is now forced to […]

US President Donald Trump’s unscheduled trip to Iraq met with harsh criticism from the Arab country’s political figures and parties, with some denouncing the move as a violation of Iraq’s sovereignty. For the first time since he became US president almost two years ago, Trump paid a surprise visit to American troops in Iraq on […]

 The provincial governor of Iraqi Wasit province said Mon. that Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has agreed to open a new border crossing with Iran in the province. Iraqi governor Mohammad Jamil al-Mayahi, the governor of Wasit, announced on Monday that the Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi had given his approval to opening the Al-Shahabi-Jankalah border […]