Iraq
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MKO, from Resolution 598 to Operation Eternal Light
Tehran, IRNA -- To bolster its support from the Iraqi Ba'ath regime and demoralize Iranian troops, terrorist group Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) consistently painted Iran as a belligerent state obsessed with perpetual war. This narrative was crucial to the terror group's strategy.
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Yemen-Iraq joint operations to see significant development: Ansarullah leader
Tehran, IRNA – The leader of Yemen's Ansarullah Movement has underlined that joint operations by the Arab country and Iraqi resistance groups against the Israeli regime will witness an important development in the next stage.
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Iraqi PM to attend Iran president-elect’s inauguration ceremony
Baghdad, IRNA – Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia’ al-Sudani is due to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian next week, Iraqi news website Baghdad Alyawm reported.
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Iraqi resistance launches drone attack on Eilat
Tehran, IRNA – The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says it has targeted the Eilat port (Umm al-Rashrash) in the occupied territories with several drones.
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Foreign ministry follows up transfer of Iranian prisoners from northern region of Iraq to Iran
Tehran, IRNA - The deputy consular officer of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the follow-up for the transfer of prisoners from the northern region of Iraq to Iran.
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Iran, Iraq insist on not using their lands to attack other countries
Baghdad, IRNA - Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani and Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi in a meeting in Baghdad on Monday stressed preventing the use of Iraqi or Iranian lands to attack neighboring countries.
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Interior minister: Iran is ready to cooperate to fight drug trafficking
Baghdad, IRNA - Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said that as a leading country, Iran is fully prepared to cooperate with regional and international institutions and structures to fight drug trafficking.
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Iran’s interior minister in Iraq to attend conference on drug control
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi arrived in Iraq on Monday morning to take part in the Second Baghdad International Conference on Drug Control later in the day.
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Russia, Iraq trying to help normalize ties between Türkiye and Syria: Report
Tehran, IRNA – Russia and Iraq have been playing a mediating role in the process of normalizing relations between Türkiye and Syria, according to a report.
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Kata’ib Hezbollah says ready to confront Zionist regime on all fronts
Tehran, IRNA – Iraqi resistance group Kata’ib Hezbollah says it is well-prepared to fight against the Zionist regime on all fronts.
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Iraqi Islamic resistance attacks positions of Zionist regime in Haifa
Tehran, IRNA - The Iraqi Islamic Resistance announced that it attacked an important target in the occupied city of Haifa on Friday morning with an advanced cruise missile.
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US extends sanctions waiver for Iraq to buy Iranian electricity
Tehran, IRNA- The United States has extended Iraq's sanctions exemption for buying electricity from Iran for another 4 months, a State Department spokesperson told the media.
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Explosions heard at US-run Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq
Tehran, IRNA – Sounds of explosions were heard at the US-run Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq’s Anbar province on Tuesday evening, news outlets reported.
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Iraqi resistance targets Israeli base in drone strike
Tehran, IRNA - The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has conducted a drone attack on a military base of the Zionist regime in occupied Palestine.
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Guterres appoints Omani diplomat to head UN mission in Iraq
Tehran, IRNA- UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has appointed Omani diplomat Mohammed bin Awad al Hassan as his new special representative to Iraq.
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Iraq calls on int’l community to stop Israeli crimes
Baghdad, IRNA – Iraqi Government Spokesman Basim al-Awadi has called on the international community and major powers to exercise their responsibility to bring an end to the Israeli regime’s crimes in Gaza, after the regime committed new acts of massacre in the besieged Palestinian territory.
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Head of Iraqi Kurdistan Region wishes success for Pezeshkian
Tehran, IRNA - In a phone call with the president-elect of the Islamic Republic, the head of the Kurdistan region of Iraq said that the relations between the two sides are based on deep and long-standing cultural, historical and religious ties.
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Yemen’s Ansarullah formally opens representation office in Iraq
Baghdad, IRNA – Yemen's Ansarullah Movement has officially opened a new headquarters in Baghdad's Jadriyah neighborhood which is close to the city’s heavily fortified Green Zone housing government offices and the US Embassy, Iraqi media reported.
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Iraqi resistance targets Israeli power plant by drone
Tehran, IRNA – The Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeted a power plant of the Zionist regime on Wednesday morning in support of the people of the Gaza Strip.
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Iraq’s Islamic Resistance carries out drone attack against Zionist targets
Tehran, IRNA – Iraq’s Islamic Resistance has launched a drone attack against the southern parts of the Palestinian Israeli-occupied lands, local media reported.
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Iran removes visa fees for Pakistani pilgrims of Arbaeen
Islamabad, IRNA – Iranian diplomatic missions in Pakistan have removed visa fees for Pakistani nationals intending to pass through Iran into Iraq for Arbaeen rituals.
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Iraqi PM invites Iran pres.-elect to Baghdad in phone call
Tehran, IRNA - The Iraqi Prime Minister's Office announced on Monday night about a telephone conversation between Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and President-elect of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian.
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Pezeshkian: Extent of cooperation between Iran and Iraq does not need to be explained
Tehran, IRNA - Iran's president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian underlined that the extent of political, economic, cultural and religious ties between Iran and Iraq needs no explanation and expressed hope that these relations would be deepened and developed in the new period with the cooperation of the high officials of the two countries.
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Iran court hears case on US role in killing of divers by Iraq former Baath regime
Tehran, IRNA – An Iranian court has held its first hearing session on a complaint filed by families of dozens of divers who were martyred in a US-backed battle by the toppled Iraqi Baath regime during the eight-year imposed war on Iran in the 1980s.
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Iraq ready to safeguard Muharram, Arbaeen ritual
Baghdad, IRNA – The spokesman of the Joint Operations Command, Major General Tahsin al-Khafaji announced readiness for safeguarding the Muharram and Arbaeeen ritual in Iraq.
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Iran’s exports to Iraq up 27% in three months to June 20
Baqdad, IRNA – Iran exported $3 billion worth of commodities to Iraq during the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 20-June 20), 27% more than the previous year's corresponding period.
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Mourners throng holy shrines in Karbala on Muharram eve
Karbala, IRNA – The holy shrines of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam and his brother Hazrat Abbas (AS) were filled with chants of "Labbaik ya Hussein" on the eve of the mourning month of Muharram as their lovers thronged the sites during the ceremony of changing the red flag on the top of the mausoleums.
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Arab leaders congratulate Pezeshkian’s victory in Iran presidential elections
Tehran, IRNA — Leaders of Arab countries have congratulated Iranian president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian over his victory in Iran’s 14th presidential election.
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Ambassador to Iraq: Iran's ties with KRG are deep-rooted, growing
Baghdad, IRNA - The ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Iraq, in a meeting with Masoud Barzani, head of the Democratic Party of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, said that the relations between Iran and the Kurdistan Region are old, deep-rooted and growing.
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Supreme Leader’s aide: Iran, Iraq enjoy common fate
Tehran, IRNA – Major General Yahya Rahim-Safavi, an advisor to the Supreme Leader, said that Iraq could become the most influential country in the Arab world, adding that Iran and Iraq have a common destiny.