TEHRAN – IRGC Deputy Commander Hossein Salami says that the IRGC ground forces have obtained lots of experiences in Syria and Iraq and inside the country and they are equipped with advanced fighting skills now. Speaking at the of appointment ceremony of the new IRGC ground forces commander, Hossein Salami, the deputy commander of the […]

 A top Iranian energy official unveiled plans for a rise in natural gas exports to neighboring Iraq next year. In an interview with Tasnim on Saturday, Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hamid Reza Araqi said the country’s exports of natural gas to Iraq will increase during the spring and summer of […]

TEHRAN – Many strategists and analysts believe that if it was not for Iran, Syria, and Iraq would have fallen in the hand of ISIL terrorist group. the following text discusses the issue from this perspective. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared Tuesday that the so-called caliphate of the terrorist group ISIL, also known as IS, […]

Iran-Turkey cooperating in preserving Iraqi territorial integrity was very important, says Ali Larijani, the Iranian Parliament Speaker in his meeting with his Turkish counterpart İsmail Kahraman on Tuesday. Iran-Turkey cooperating in preserving Iraqi territorial integrity was very important, says Ali Larijani, the Iranian Parliament Speaker in his meeting with İsmail Kahraman Speaker of the Grand […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani praised the full liberation of Syrian and Iraqi territories from Daesh terrorists and said Iran’s assistance to the Arab countries played a major role in the elimination of the terror group. Speaking to reporters before his departure to Turkey on Tuesday, Larijani pointed to security problems facing the […]

TEHRAN – Iran has exported 1.2 billion cubic meters of gas to Iraq since late June, Shana reported quoting the managing director for the Iranian Gas Transmission Company, Saeed Tavakoli, as saying on Saturday. According to Tavakoli, Iran has agreed to export up to 25 million cubic meters of gas to Baghdad on a daily […]

Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court has ruled Kurdistan’s controversial secession referendum as unconstitutional, saying the results of the vote are void. “The Federal Court issued the decision to consider the Kurdish region’s referendum unconstitutional and this ruling is final,” a court spokesman said on Monday. The tribunal is responsible for settling disputes between Iraq’s central government and […]

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei commended the Iraqi government and nation for hosting millions of pilgrims during Arbaeen, hailing the huge turnout in the event as a sign of the Muslim world’s growing willingness to pursue sacred goals. In a meeting with a group of cultural officials in Tehran […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri arrived in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Thursday to attend an annual procession of Shiite Muslims in commemoration of Arbaeen, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS). Heading a delegation, including Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Masoud Soltanifar, Jahangiri has travelled to […]

Iranian Industry Minister Shariatmadari, while in Iraq, met and talked with Governor of Central Bank of Iraq, Ali Mohsen Al-Allaq. Iranian Minister of Industries, Mining and Trade Mohammad Shariatmadari, in line with his earlier talks with a number of senior Iraqi officials, attended a meeting with Ali Mohsen Al-Allaq, Governor of Central Bank of Iraq. […]