TEHRAN – In a bid to ease the travel of pilgrims and expand transportation cooperation, Iran and Iraq signed an air transportation agreement on Saturday. The Civil Aviation Organization of Islamic Republic of Iran (CAOIRI) announced that an air transportation agreement was signed by Iraq’s Transport Minister Kazem Finjan and Iranian Deputy Road Minister and […]

TEHRAN – Iraq is preparing infrastructure to receive Iranian natural gas in its southern city of Basra within two months, IRIB news reported quoting the National Iranian Gas Company’s managing director. Iran has agreed to export up to 25 million cubic meters of gas to Basra as soon as Iraq is ready. “Everything is ready […]

TEHRAN – Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Thursday called for further development of economic and social ties between Iran and Iraq, IRNA reported. “Tehran-Baghdad relations should not be confined to security issues; rather, development of economic and social relations is essential.” Larijani said, in a meeting with visiting Iraqi Minister of Youth and Sports Abdul-Hussein […]

Iranian parliament speaker held talks with Iraqi minister of youth and sports where he asserted that Iraq is now past the height of security crises and called for expanding bilateral economic and social relations. Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani held talks with the Iraqi Minister of Youth and Sports Abdul-Hussein Abtaan on Thursday. Larijani referred […]

TEHRAN– Angry protesters have reportedly torched offices of the five main political parties around the region including Barzani’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Sulaymaniyah province. Iraqi Kurdish news outlets report that the protests in Iraqi Kurdistan region entered second day with dozens of protesters injured. While the situation in the capital Erbil is reported to […]

TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, a top advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, warned on Wednesday that the United States is again pursuing plots to foment insecurity in Syria and Iraq again. “The U.S. is after turmoil again in Syria and Iraq, especially in Raqqa,” Velayati said, emphasizing that there’s no need for […]

TEHRAN – During a meeting between a senior Iranian MP and Iraqi ambassador to Tehran, the Iranian law-maker asked for the cancellation of visa obligation for Iran and Iraq nationals. “This year, the number of pilgrims who attended the Arabaeen March increased thanks to the coordination made by the central committee of the rituals,” said […]

TEHRAN – Iran and Iraq have signed a deal to swap up to 60,000 barrels per day of crude produced from the northern Iraqi Kirkuk oilfield for Iranian oil. Based on the agreement signed on Friday by the two OPEC countries Iran will deliver its crude to Iraq’s southern ports, on the Persian Gulf, the […]

TEHRAN – Iran and Iraq have signed an agreement whereby the two neighboring countries would swap up to 60,000 barrels per day of crude produced from the northern Iraqi Kirkuk oilfield for Iranian oil, Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi said. According to the terms of the agreement, Iran would deliver “oil of the same characteristics […]

TEHRAN- Iraq will increase its import of Iranian natural gas which started earlier this year. Iraqi government said in a statement on Tuesday that it has approved a deal to import natural gas from Iran to the eastern border province of Diyala, Reuters reported. Iran has exported 1.2 billion cubic meters of gas to Iraq […]