Iraqi cleric says Baghdad can mediate between Iran, U.S.

TEHRAN – A top Iraqi Shia cleric has warned of the ramifications of the ongoing tensions between Tehran and Washington for the region, saying his country can mediate between the two countries to calm the situation.

By Ramin Hosein Abadian

U.S. faking insecurity in Iraq: New strategy to push Baghdad into compliance 

TEHRAN - Apparently, U.S. government is not going to end its suspicious and hostile actions in Iraq anytime soon. These activities have been rapidly increasing over the last five months, intensifying pressure on Iraq into yielding to the White House demands. 

Iraqi group: Military threats against Iran shows Washington’s ‘new idiocy’

TEHRAN – The United States’ military threats and intensive pressure campaign against Iran shows Washington’s “new idiocy” in the region, says Jassim Al-Jazairi, a member of the political office of the Iraqi al-Kataeb movement.

Iraq will remain part of 'axis of resistance' despite foreign plots: al-Kaabi

TEHRAN- Iraq’s Harakat al-Nujaba Secretary General Akram al-Kaabi says Iraq will remain part of the "axis of resistance" despite foreign-backed attempts to detach the Iraqi society from the regional developments.

Iraqi cleric urges Sunni Muslims to defend Iran against U.S.

TEHRAN – Sheikh Abdul-Latif al-Hamim, head of the Sunni Endowment of Iraq, has issued a fatwa, calling on Sunni Muslims to defend the Islamic Republic of Iran in the face of U.S. threats.

UN envoy meets Iranian ambassador to Baghdad

TEHRAN – The United Nations’ special representative for Iraq has met with Iran’s Ambassador to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi.

Iran ready to host Muslim tourists during Ramadan

TEHRAN – Iran is ready to provide warm hospitality to religious tourists, particularly the ones from Muslim countries during the fasting month of Ramadan, a senior tourism official has said.

Maliki says coercive measures against Iran violates international law 

Hakim, Malki reprimand U.S. moves against Iran

TEHRAN - Ammar al-Hakim, the Iraqi Shia cleric and leader of the National Wisdom Movement, has urged the Iraqi government to adopt what he described as a responsible position to prevent a “tragedy” and act as mediator between the two countries.

Iraq won’t be part of anti-Iran sanctions: Iraqi PM

TEHRAN – Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Thursday that his country will never be a part of the U.S. sanctions against neighboring Iran.

Blackwater training Daesh terrorists in Iraq, eyeing Syria

TEHRAN- The notorious U.S. mercenary firm Blackwater has returned to Iraq, a Lebanese newspaper says, with the private company currently training defeated Daesh terrorists at a base near Baghdad.

Six thousand Iraqis apply for Iran visa every day

TEHRAN – Some six thousand Iraqi nationals apply for the Iranian visa per day, according to Iran’s consulate in the city of Basra.

Iraqi official urges world to stand up to U.S. anti-Iran sanctions

TEHRAN – A top Iraqi official has called on the international community to stand up to the U.S. unlawful sanctions against Iran.

U.S. to grant Iraq waiver to trade with Iran: envoy

TEHRAN - The Iranian ambassador to London has said that the United States is going to grant Iraq waivers to continue trading with Iran.

Iraqi, Iranian military officials meet in Tehran

TEHRAN - General Hamed Atiyeh Khwain, the commander of the Iraqi Army’s Aviation, traveled to Iran on Wednesday at the head of a high-ranking military delegation.

By Ramin Hossein Abadian

U.S. hostile military activities in Iraq

TEHRAN - It seems that U.S. hostile military operations and futile activities in Iraq is not going to end anytime soon. U.S. troops recently launched a new aggressive military operation in Iraq by attacking the headquarters of Iraq security forces in Kirkuk. 

‘Sanctions mean nothing to Iran which has 15 neighbors’

TEHRAN – Former Deputy foreign Minister Mohammad Reza Baqeri has said sanctions do not mean anything to Iran as a country which is surrounded by 15 neighbors.

Iraqi PM: We’ll deploy all our efforts to ease U.S.-Iran tension

TEHRAN – Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has said his country will make every effort to ease the tension between Iran and the United States.

By Ebrahim Fallahi

‘U.S. sanctions doesn’t affect Iraq’s energy ties with Iran’

TEHRAN – Deputy prime minister of Iraq for energy affairs said the U.S. decision on ending waivers on Iran sanctions does not affect Iraq’s energy ties with Iran since the country does not import oil from Iran, IRNA reported on Friday.

Tehran Municipality negotiating to restore Taq Kasra in Iraq

TEHRAN – Tehran Municipality is in talks with Baghdad’s urban planners and authorities to restore a number of aging monuments in Iraq including Taq Kasra, which is an architecturally-important Sasanian-era Persian monument.

Cleric: Iran managed to humiliate U.S. in Iraq, Syria

TEHRAN – Ayatollah Kazem Seddiqi, the interim Friday prayer preacher of Tehran, has highlighted U.S. failures in the region, saying the Islamic Republic managed to discredit the U.S. in Iraq and Syria.

Iraqis have come to help Iranian flood-stricken people: diplomat

TEHRAN - Iraj Masjedi, the Iranian ambassador to Baghdad, has said that a number of Iraqi intellectuals, heads of nomads and members of the Popular Mobilization Forces have come to Iran to help the flood-stricken people.

Resistance groups help flood victims in Iran

TEHRAN — While hundreds of Iranians are hit by floods and are displaced, various campaigns have been launched by Lebanese, Afghan, Pakistani, Iraqi, Tunisian, Syrian, Palestinian, Yemeni, Nigerian, and Bahraini resistance groups to help the victims get back on their feet again.

Iraq, Azerbaijan provide aids to flood-hit regions in Iran 

TEHRAN — Iraq and Azerbaijan have dispatched humanitarian aids to flood-stricken regions of Iran. 

Palestinian, Iraqi resistance groups slam U.S. for blacklisting Iran’s IRGC

A decision by US President Donald Trump to blacklist Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has sparked condemnations from the Gaza-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement as well as the Iraqi military groups, which played a great part in the Arab country’s Iran-backed fight against the Daesh terror group.

Iraqi PM visits Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad 

MASHHAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi visited the shrine of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Shia Imam, in Mashhad late on Sunday. 

Iran, Iraq to form border task force

TEHRAN - Iranian Deputy Interior Minister Hossein Zolfaghari and Kazem al-Eqabi, head of the Iraqi Border Crossing Body, agreed on Sunday to form a joint task force on common borders.

Iran, Iraq agree to fend off common aerial challenges

TEHRAN – Major General Mohammad Baqeri, chief of the armed forces, has said Iran and its neighbor Iraq have agreed to cooperate in the area of air defense to in order to fend off common aerial challenges.

Baghdad should act in a way that U.S. forces leave Iraq soon, Ayatollah Khamenei suggests

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a meeting with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Saturday that the Iranian government and nation consider the Iraqi development and prosperity to their own benefit.

Rouhani says Iran and Iraq determined to cement ties

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that Tehran and Baghdad are determined to expand ties and strengthen brotherly relations.

Rouhani: Iran ready to boost energy trade with Iraq

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani says Iran is ready to expand its gas and electricity trade with neighboring Iraq, a move which he said would also benefit other countries.