Iraq
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Iran exports to Iraq up 54% in 3 months
Kermanshah, IRNA - Iran exported goods worth 2.34 billion dollars to Iraq in the first three months of Iranian calendar year (March 21 to June 21), which shows a 54 percent increase comparing to the same period last year, an Iranian official said.
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Official sees Iraqi market as a chance for Arvand Free Zone’s development
Abadan, IRNA – Acting CEO of Arvand Free Zone organization Hossein Garousi said on Monday that the market of Iraq, as Iran’s biggest economic partner, is regarded as a chance for economic development and investment in this free zone in southwestern Iran.
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Zarif sympathizes with Iraqi people, gov. on bloody bombing
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif telephoned Iraqi counterpart on Tuesday night to express sympathy towards Iraqi people and government on the terrorist bombing in Baghdad’s Sadr City.
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President Rouhani: Strong commonalities bond Iran, Iraq
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said that Iran and Iraq enjoy strong commonalities that bond the two states to each other.
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Iranian Embassy in Baqdad condemns terrorist act in Sadr City of Iraq
Baqdad, IRNA -- Iranian Embassy in Iraq issued a statement condemning the recent terrorist explosion in Sadr City and expressed sympathy with the Iraqi people and the Iraqi Government over the incident.
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Intelligence Minister confers with Iraqi Speaker, NSA
Baghdad, IRNA – Iran’s Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi met Iraq’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Halbousi and National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji on Wednesday.
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Iran intelligence minister, Iraq president discuss bilateral issues
Baghdad, IRNA – Iranian Minister of Intelligence Mahmoud Alavi and Iraqi President Barham Salih, in a meeting in Baghdad on Wednesday, reviewed issues of bilateral importance.
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Iran president condoles with Iraqi PM over hospital fire
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, issued a message on Wednesday, condoling Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi over a deadly fire in a hospital in the city of Nasiriyah.
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FM Spox sympathizes with Iraq over hospital fire
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh sympathized with families of the victims of the fire in Imam Hussein Hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq
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Official: Iran Red Crescent Society ready to send relief items to Iraqi hospital inferno
Tehran, IRNA – President of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) Karim Hemmati offered readiness for sending relief items to Iraq to help them with regard to deadly fire in Imam Hossein Hospital in Nasiriyah.
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Envoy: Iran ready to help Iraqis injured in hospital fire
Baghdad, IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi expressed regret over the fire in Imam Hossein Hospital in Nasiriyah and offered Iran readiness for helping injured people.
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Iran Ambassador to Baghdad confers with UN envoy
Baghdad, IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador in Iraq Iraj Masjedi on Sunday had a meeting with the UN envoy on Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert during which they both emphasized the necessity of holding parliamentary elections on time.
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Velayati highlights Iran-Iraq education ties in call with Iraqi President
Tehran, IRNA – In a telephone conversation between the head of the board of founders and the board of trustees of the Islamic Azad University Ali Akbar Velayati and Iraq’s President Barham Saleh, both sides emphasized the necessity for the expansion and deepening of Iran-Iraq ties in science and educational fields.
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Envoy refutes US anti-Iran allegations about attacking Iraq, Syria
New York, IRNA - Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi rejected allegation made by US ambassador against Iran with regard to recent attacks in Syria and Iraq.
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Zarif says Sardasht, victim of use of chemical weapons against civilians
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a message on Monday to mark the 1987 Sardasht chemical bombings that what happened in the northwestern Iranian city is the symbol of use of chemical weapons against civilians and residential areas.
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Iraq president congratulates Raisi on election as Iran's new president
Baghdad, June 19, IRNA – Iraqi President Barham Salih, in a message on Saturday, congratulated Ebrahim Raisi on being elected as Iran’s new president.
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Envoy appreciates massive election turnout of Iranians residing in Iraq
Baghdad, June 18, IRNA - The doors of the polling stations in Baghdad were closed today at 6 p.m. local time, and Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi appreciated the Iranian expatriates in the neighboring country for their high voter turnout in the presidential election.
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Iran presidential election polls open in Iraq
Baghdad, June 18, IRNA – Iranians in Iraq can cast their votes in 14 voting polls in six Iraqi cities in the 13th presidential election as the voting polls in Iraq open.
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Daesh targets Iran electricity line to Iraq
Baghdad, June 16, IRNA – The Daesh (ISIS) terrorist group has targeted and exploded a strategic line transmitting Iranian electricity to the Iraqi northeastern province of Diyala, Iraqi media report.
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Envoy: 14 ballot boxes ready for Iran's expatriates in Iraq
Baghdad, June 15, IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi said 14 ballot boxes would be ready for Iranian expatriates in Iraq to cast their vote for the upcoming presidential election.
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Iranian embassy in Baghdad ready for presidential election
Baghdad, June 12, IRNA – Iran’s ambassador to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi said on Saturday that the Iranian embassy in Baghdad is ready for holding Iran’s upcoming presidential election.
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Iran supports stable, unified Iraq: FM spox
Tehran, June 10, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh, who is in Iraq, has said that Iran supports a stable, unified and strong Iraq.
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Khatibzadeh meets with Iraqi FM
Tehran, June 9, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh met and held talks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein on Wednesday.
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FM Spox elaborates on Iran's policies toward Iraq
Tehran, June 9, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh elaborated on Iran's policies with regard to Iraq.
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Iran exports $124m of goods to Iraq via Mehran customs: Official
Ilam June 9, IRNA - Director General of Customs Administration of the western province of Ilam announced on Wednesday that value of goods exported from Mehran border point to Iraq was over 124 million dollars in the two month of the current year (starting March 21).
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PM : Iraq managed to cut size of US forces by 60%
Tehran, June 4, IRNA – Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi elaborated on the process of US forces expulsion from Iraq, saying: "we were able to reduce the size of American forces in Iraq to more than 60%."
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Iran has capacity to export $5b of technical services to Iraq
Tehran, June 3, IRNA – Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce Secretary-General said that a target of 20-billion-dollar trading between Iran and Iraq was not out of question, while the basis to realize 5 billion dollars through technical and engineering services export was ready.
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Iraq kicks off restoring Kasra Arch: Minister
Baghdad, June 1, IRNA - Iraq's Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Hassan Nazem has declared that his ministry has started important operation of restoring ancient Kasra Arch (Taq-e Kasra as it is called in Persian).
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Iran’s 11-billion-dollar exports to Iraq
Tehran, June 1, IRNA – Iran exported 11 billion dollars’ worth of agricultural and food industries products to Iraq in five years (March 2016 to March 2021), a senior Iranian trade official said on Tuesday.
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Exports from Iran to Sulaymaniyah reach $5b annually: Iraqi official
Sanandaj, May 24, IRNA – The Governor of Iraq's Sulaymaniyah Haval Abubakir said on Monday that annually five billion dollars of goods are exported from Iran's six borders to the Sulaymaniyah Province of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq.