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Iran Envoy Expresses Readiness to Help Iraq Restore Historical Sites

reporter 1222 — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 06:24:31 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran ambassador in Baghdad Iraj Masjedi voiced Iran’s readiness to help Iraq reconstruct its historical and ancient sites and also further boost bilateral cultural cooperation in different fields between the two neighboring states.

Masjedi made the remarks in a meeting with Iraqi Minister of Culture Hassan Nazim on Wednesday in Baghdad, IRNA reported.

Referring to Iran and Iraq’s willingness for signing a MoU on cultural cooperation, Masjedi said Iran is also ready to cooperate with Iraq in making joint movies and TV series as well as holding cultural and handicrafts exhibitions.

Most of Iraq’s cultural heritage has been seriously damaged by the Daesh (ISIS) terrorists during their invasion of Iraq.

“The most imminent and serious threats to the cultural heritage of Iraq are in the areas currently or recently occupied by Daesh, in particular the city and region of Mosul, the Sinjar region, Anbar province, northern and eastern Salah ad-Din province and parts of the Divala region,” said a report by Rashid Institute to be submitted to the United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights.

The Iraqi minister, for his part, welcomed the idea for strengthening bilateral cultural cooperation between the two countries expressing Baghdad’s readiness to take necessary steps to facilitate the process.

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Iran, Iraq to Build Highway to Boost Trade, Ease Trips

reporter 1222 — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 10:00:15 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran and Iraq have reached an initial deal to build a long highway that would ease traffic across the border and help boost trade between the two neighboring countries, an official said.

Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday that the 354-kilometer highway would connect the city of Mehran on the western Iran border to the holy city of Najaf in central Iraq.

“The Mehran-Najaf Highway could be a high-potential road for transit and trade exchanges between the two countries in addition to the function it would have for transporting the pilgrims,” Eslami said.

The minister added that Iranian and Iraqi officials had concluded “initial talks” for building the key road, Press TV reported.

A study by the Iranian parliament shows that nearly two million Iraqis visit Iran each year for pilgrimage purposes. The number of Iranians visiting Iraq for a similar reason is around 700,000 although over two million Iranians arrive in Iraq during the Arba’een period, a special religious occasion which takes place in the second month of the Islamic calendar.

Iran and Iraq have massively expanded their trade relations over the past years mainly as a result of deepening political ties between the two neighbors.

Iraq is only second to China in Iran’s list of top export destinations with more than $12 billion worth of goods and services purchased from Iran each year.

Iran has embarked on a series of major transportation projects to facilitate trade with Iraq, including a railway that would connect cities on the southwestern border to the Iraqi port city of Basra.

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IRPC: UAE, China, Iraq makes up 54% share of non-oil exports

reporter 1222 — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 08:02:47 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Parliament Research Center (IPRC) said that the three countries [including the United Arab Emirates [UAE], China and Iraq] accounted for about 54 percent share of Iran’s total value of non-oil exports in 2018.

There is a relatively strong focus on Iran’s export target markets in such a way that the aforementioned three countries accounted for about 54 percent of the country’s total exports share value of non-oil goods, Head of Iranian Parliament Research Center Mohammad Ghasemi added.

According to IPRC, about 42 percent of Iran’s imports from 2018 to 2011 have been made from the three countries of China, UAE, and South Korea while over 70 percent of products have been imported from 10 countries in the same period.

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Iran Foreign Ministry condemns ISIS terrorist attack on PMU

reporter 1222 — Sun, 03 May 2020 12:02:37 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi strongly condemned the criminal and cowardly actions of the ISIS terrorist group that resulted in the martyrdom of a number of Hashd al-Sha’abi forces (PMU) during the holy month of Ramadan.

Iran spokesperson offered condolence for the martyrdom of a number of PMU forces, expressing hope that the great country of Iraq will be released as soon as possible from the few remaining remnants of ISIS vicious terrorist group that have been formed with the help and support of some governments.

“History has shown that the pure blood of combatants in the path of God will never be wasted, and the revenge will be taken for such pure blood, which has contributed to the growth of Islam, justice, and truth,” he added.

Iran supports Iraq’s efforts to combat terrorism and establish peace and stability in the country, and condemns any attempt to destabilize Iraq, he said.

According to a Hashd al-Sha’abi statement, nine members of the Tigris Regiment were killed and two others wounded in the town of Mekeeshfa, while one member of Brigade 41 was killed in Tal al-Dahab area of the city of Balad.

Senior Iraqi authorities have strongly condemned the terrorist attack by ISIS.

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