In reaction to a Saudi delegation’s yesterday visit to Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraqi politician Iskander Witwit warned that Saudi Arabia is getting closer to the Iraqi Kurds with the aim of breaking up Iraq. Iskander Witwit, who has served as head of the Iraqi parliamentary security committee and now is one of the leader of second […]

 Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) revealed the forwarding of two Iranian firefighting helicopters to Hawizeh Marshes based in neighboring Iraq. Following the request of the Interior Ministry from CEO of Civil Aviation Organization (CAO), necessary coordination was made with Iraqi Aviation Organization in order to operate safe flight in airspace of the neighboring state. Given the […]

 Iran U23 football team will hold a one-week training camp in Iraq in late July. Zlatko Kranjcar’s team will fly to Iraq on July 23 and play the Iraqi team on July 25 and 27 respectively. The Iranian football team will return to Tehran on July 29 and will travel to China on Aug. 6 […]

Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Valiollah Seif revealed the implementation of monetary treaties with the countries including Iraq, Russia and Republic of Azerbaijan. Turning to the situation of monetary treaties, he said, “we are fully aware of the bilateral and multilateral monetary treaties and in this regard, monetary treaties have been inked […]

Iraqi forces have begun a major mop-up operation to cleanse the Kirkuk-Diyala road of remnants of Takfiri terrorists, an Iraqi commander said. “With the supervision of the Joint Operations Command, the army, federal police, rapid response (forces), Hashd al-Shaabi, and the Diyala and Salahudin police sectors, and in coordination with the Peshmerga forces, Iraqi troops […]

 Naser Behzad, the Commercial Attaché at the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad, announced an increase of 13% in Iran’s non-oil exports to Iraq. Behzad said on Tuesday that the value of non-oil exports to Iraq in the first quarter of current year was also up 3 percent from the same period last year; Iran’s share of […]

 Famous Iraqi-Dutch film director Mohamed Al-Daradji is going to make his new film in cooperation with Iran, saying that he would like to introduce the two nations’ culture to the world through cinema. “The eight years of war between Iran and Iraq caused a lot of destruction but long after that when Iraq once again […]

 Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani met with Iraq’s National Security Advisor Falih al Fayyadh on Monday.         SNSC secretary meets with Iraqi counterpart Mon. SNSC secretary meets with Iraqi counterpart Mon. SNSC secretary meets with Iraqi counterpart Mon. SNSC secretary meets with Iraqi counterpart Mon. SNSC secretary meets […]

 Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Bagheri said Wed. that the likes of US which violate international agreements will end up like Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, who was executed in 2006 over charges of crimes against humanity. Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri made the remarks at an open […]

The final results of the Iraqi election were announced on Saturday morning showing the Sairoon Coalition, led by Moqtada al-Sadr, won the most seats, followed by Fatih Coalition. Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission announced the final results a week after the polls were closed. According to the final results, the ‘Sairoon’ Coalition, led by Muqtada […]