TEHRAN – Iranian and Iraqi forces staged a joint military drill at the common border on Monday. The war game, codenamed Eqtedar (power), involves Iranian and Iraqi troops. Armored units, the artillery, drone squad, and airborne division from the Iranian Army Ground Force have taken part in the exercise. According to Commander of the Army […]

Iran’s Vice-President Jahangiri and Turkish Premier Binali Yildrim discussed the latest developments in Iraq after the referendum held in Kurdish areas of Iraq, in a phone dialogue on Friday. “Our negotiations in Baghdad will continue to manage the developments in post-referendum time,” said Es’hagh Jahangiri, the Iranian First Vice-President on Friday during a telephone conversation […]

The military brass of Iran and Iraq have met and held talks amid a controversial referendum in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region.   Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri on Wednesday received his Iraqi counterpart Major General Othman al-Ghanmi, who arrived in Tehran at the head of a military delegation earlier […]

TEHRAN – Iran has blocked airspace for all flights from and to Iraqi Kurdistan region as KRG plans to hold an independence referendum on Mon., Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) announced yesterday. Spokesperson for Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said Sunday that upon request from the central government of Iraq, the Islamic Republic […]

TEHRAN – The Film Museum of Iran is displaying a selection of stills from movies on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war to commemorate the anniversary of the war. Photos by seven photographers, including Mitra Mahaseni, Babak Borzuyeh, Amir-Hossein Shojaei, Habib Majidi and Hamid Jaanipur, have been selected for the collection. The weeklong exhibit showcases stills from […]

TEHRAN  – Iraq’s President Fuad Masum and Leader of the Arab country’s National Alliance Ammar al-Hakim discussed the issue of the semi-autonomus Kurdistan Region’s independence referendum. According to a statement released by the Iraqi government, the two officials on Monday explored ways for reaching an understanding that could enhance Iraq’s unity and stability, the Baghdad […]

TEHRAN – The Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement strongly condemned recent terrorist attacks in southern Iraq claimed by Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) Takfiri militants as “a savage crime”, calling for serious efforts to eradicate terrorism in the region. In a statement released on Friday, Hezbollah offered condolences over the martyrdom of dozens of Iraqi nationals and […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani expressed his condolences Friday over the deaths and injuries of dozens of Iraqi and Iranian nationals as a result of two terrorist attacks south of the Arab country. Expressing deep sorrow over the deaths of the Iraqi people, Larijani conveyed his condolences to the speaker and members of […]

The Iraqi parliament has voted to dismiss the governor of the northern oil-rich province of Kirkuk after the provincial council voted to take part in the upcoming Kurdish independence referendum irrespective of the central government’s strong opposition to the planned vote. An unnamed parliamentary source told Arabic-language al-Sumaria television network on Thursday that Iraqi legislators had voted […]

In less than two weeks, Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region will go to polls in a vote for independence. Iraqi parliamentarians have rejected the legitimacy of the vote and the central government in Baghdad which is strongly opposed to this move has said it will do everything possible to keep the unity of the country intact. […]