Iraq

2020-12-21 15:19

Rocket attack on U.S. embassy in Baghdad ‘unacceptable,’ Iran says

TEHRAN – Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, has called a rocket attack on the United States embassy in Iraq “unacceptable” and “dubious”.

2020-12-21 12:14

Rockets target U.S. embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone

Iraqi sources say at least 10 Katyusha rockets have landed within the highly fortified Green Zone in the capital Baghdad whose apparent target has been the U.S. embassy in the vicinity.

Iraqi Defense Minister meets with Shamkhani

2020-12-15 14:02

Photo: Bahman Vakhshour

Iraqi Defense Minister meets with Shamkhani

Iraqi Defense Minister Juma Anad Saadoun and Admiral Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, met in Tehran on Sunday, November 15, 2020.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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).

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.

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.