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2020-12-14 20:25
Iran still choice of Iraqis seeking health, medical services
TEHRAN – Despite coronavirus restrictions, Iran is still a destination for Iraqi nationals who are willing to receive health and medical services in the Islamic Republic.
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2020-12-08 17:58
By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan
Figures like Soleimani foiled US plans to redraw N Africa, WA
TEHRAN – Anthony Cartalucci believes that figures like Soleimani - and in a wider sense - the efforts by the Iranian, Syrian, Iraqi, and Russia have already foiled the US plans to redraw North Africa and West Asia (Middle East).
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2020-11-18 17:44
Pentagon announces partial withdrawal from Afghanistan – 2,500 troops to remain
The U.S. will withdraw 500 troops from Iraq and 2,000 from Afghanistan before President Donald Trump leaves office, leaving around 2,500 soldiers in each country, Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller has announced.
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2020-11-16 10:05
Iran, Iraq stride toward defense cooperation
Safe Zone
TEHRAN – As Iranian and Iraqi defense officials held talks in Tehran on Sunday to discuss ways to boost defense cooperation, an expert on West Asia told the Tehran Times that Iran and Iraq enjoy strategic relations because they have many things in common.
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2020-11-15 23:50
Iranian, UK ambassadors discuss developments in Iraq
TEHRAN – Iraj Masjedi, Iran’s ambassador to Iraq, met on Sunday with his British counterpart Stephen Hickey to discuss developments in Iraq and the region, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
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2020-11-15 18:02
Iran has provided Iraq with defense products, says general
TEHRAN – Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri says the Islamic Republic has provided Iraq with necessary defense equipment on Baghdad’s request.
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2020-11-15 17:11
Iraq needs Iran support: Iraqi MP
TEHRAN – Iran is stable and militarily advanced and that Iraq needs its support, according to Amer al-Faez, a member of the Iraqi Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee.
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2020-11-11 17:34
Asian qualifiers for World Cup to resume in March
TEHRAN - The dates for the Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 were approved by the AFC Competitions Committee at their third meeting for the 2019-2023 cycle, which was held online.
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2020-11-04 18:04
Iraqi parliament set to probe Soleimani assassination case
TEHRAN — The Iraqi parliament is set to investigate next week, the case of the assassination of the "Commanders of Victory", namely top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), according to an Iraqi lawmaker.
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2020-10-28 23:16
U.S. plans new war to disintegrate Iraq, al-Kaabi warns
We’ll cut the ground from under Americans: Iraqi resistance leader
TEHRAN – Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi, the secretary general of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, warned the United States on Tuesday against procrastinating the withdrawal of its forces from Iraq, saying resistance groups will resume their attacks on American targets if the White House fails to pull out the U.S. troops from Iraq as soon as possible.
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2020-10-13 21:51
Strengthening ties despite pressures
TEHRAN – From China through Russia to Iraq, Iran proactively takes measures to boost its economic ties with countries around the world as the United States doubles down on its renewed efforts to isolate Iran from the global financial system.
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2020-10-12 21:35
Iran, Iraq reach agreement to unblock Iranian assets
TEHRAN – During his visit to Baghdad on Monday, Abdolnasser Hemmati, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), announced that he reached an agreement with the Iraqi authorities to unblock Iranian assets in Iraq.
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2020-10-12 14:26
Iran’s central banker visits Baghdad, meets Iraqi counterpart
TEHRAN – Abdolnasser Hemmati, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), visited Baghdad on Monday morning to resolve “complicated banking issues” between Iran and Iraq.
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2020/10/10
By Anthony Tucker-Jones
West Asia’s a perfect storm
Who could have predicted that Saddam Hussein’s attack on Iran back in 1980 would create a perfect storm that was to last for almost four decades?
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2020-10-09 18:02
Ilam province exports over $1m of handicrafts to Iraq
TEHRAN - Various handicraft products worth around $1.1 million have been exported to Iraq through the Mehran border, western Ilam province, during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 20).
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2020-10-06 23:37
Deployment of U.S. aircraft carriers to Persian Gulf reduces risk of war: IRGC general
TEHRAN – A top Iranian general has said the deployment of U.S. aircraft carriers to the Persian Gulf region decreases the chance of war between Iran and the U.S.
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2020-10-06 22:52
Toward Hussein (AS)
TEHRAN – Despite the travel restrictions imposed following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Iran and Iraq, the Iranian people made preparations to commemorate the Day of Arbaeen alongside their Iraqi coreligionists through online campaigns, a move that highlighted the deep impacts past years’ Arbaeen had on the people across the border.
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2020-10-04 21:27
Coronavirus: All Iran-Iraq flights called off until further notice
TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) has said that all flights of Iranian airlines and Iraqi Airways were canceled until further notice from Iran to Iraq and vice versa due to the spread of COVID-19.
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2020-10-04 15:40
Iraq enjoys good ties with Iran, Arab countries: PM Kadhimi
TEHRAN – Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has said his country enjoys good relations with both Iran and Arab countries.
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2020-09-30 11:43
Pompeo on lifetime mission to upend regional stability
TEHRAN – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is using everything in his power to advance policies that could result in nothing other than chaos and instability in a region already suffering from ill-considered policies and violence.
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2020-09-29 17:57
Rouhani receives credentials of eight new ambassadors
TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday received credentials of the new ambassadors of eight countries to Tehran, namely Iraq, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Oman and the Czech Republic.
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2020-09-28 21:33
Without achievement: Go back home
TEHRAN – Facing a fateful election with a troubled campaign, the Trump administration deepened the mistrust in the region while also endangering U.S. interests in West Asia.
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2020-09-28 21:16
Zarif appreciates role of Ayatollah Sistani in Iraqi politics
TEHRAN – In a tweet on Monday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif paid tribute to a grand Iraqi religious leader, after a distinguished Iranian journalist criticized the figure.
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2020-09-27 16:25
Iran calls on Iraq to pursue Soleimani assassination case
TEHRAN — Iran has called on Iraq to pursue the case of U.S. assassination of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), in the Iraqi soil.
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2020-09-26 21:21
Rouhani underscores U.S. withdrawal from Iraq
TEHRAN – During a meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, President Hassan Rouhani underlined the need for the withdrawal U.S. forces from the region.
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2020-09-21 18:10
We won’t let Sacred Defense get distorted, says military chief
TEHRAN — Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri has said the Islamic Republic is determined to preserve the history of the Sacred Defense (Iran-Iraq war) and defend it against any misrepresentation and distortion.
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2020-09-21 18:07
Iran honors over one million war veterans
TEHRAN — Iran on Monday held a ceremony to honor more than one million war veterans during the eight years of the Sacred Defense.
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2020-09-18 12:20
Tehran slams attack on British diplomatic vehicles in Baghdad
TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has denounced a roadside bombing that targeted a British diplomatic convoy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
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2020-09-15 18:35
Former Iraqi PM meets top Iranian officials
TEHRAN — Former Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has traveled to Iran to discuss regional and bilateral topics with top Iranian officials.
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2020-09-11 12:25
By Mehdi Azizi
The 9/11 lie and how it benefited U.S.
TEHRAN- Today, almost everyone has come to believe that what happened on September 11 was a planned and fabricated incident aimed at pursuing certain important objectives.
