By Mohammad Ghaderi - Twitter: @ghaderi62 - Email: m.ghaderi62@gmail.com

Win year for resistance

TEHRAN - The year 1397 is over with all its ups and downs. Realization and consolidation of the victory of the resistance front in Syria, Lebanon's general election victory on March 8th, the crystallization of the political power of the Iraqi Popular Forces, the military and political victory of Ansarullah in Yemen and Zionist withdrawal in the war against Hamas, all raised the “Flag of Resistance” in the region and world.

Iraq criticizes policies of self-centered countries against Iran

TEHRAN – Iraqi Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed al-Sahhaf has highlighted his country’s national sovereignty, saying Iraq will never let other countries use its soil in order to harm neighbors or any other country around the world.

BBC Persian’s misinformation about Soleimani exposed by Italian diplomat

A former Italian ambassador to Iraq has laid flat BBC Persian’s “lie” about IRGC Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani, according to a review by the Young Journalists’ Club.

War on terror will continue relentlessly: Iranian military chief

TEHRAN - Major General Mohammad Baqeri, chief of the Iranian armed forces, said on Monday that fight against terrorism in the region will continue until the phenomenon is totally eradicated.

Zarif: Iranians, Kurds will never forget Halabja chemical attack

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Iranian nation and Kurdish brothers in Iraq will never forget the Halabja and Sardasht chemical attacks.

Rouhani says Iran-Iraq relations are firm

TEHRAN – In a meeting of the Supreme Council of Economic Coordination on Saturday, President Hassan Rouhani said that relationship between Iran and Iraq are so strong that it cannot be damaged.

31 years since Saddam gassed Halabja

March 16 marks the 31st year after the Iraqi Baath regime’s chemical attack against the Kurdish city of Halabja in northern Iraq that killed thousands of people during the closing days of the Iran–Iraq War in the 1980s.

No power can drive a wedge between Iran and Iraq, Rouhani says

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Tehran on Wednesday night from his three-day trip to Iraq, which was deemed a new chapter in Tehran-Baghdad relations.

By Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh

Iran’s Trump card to challenge U.S.

TEHRAN (MNA) – Iran is focused on strengthening its domestic production and economy via developing economic ties with its 15 neighboring countries, to retaliate the drop in its economy due to Trump’s decision in May 2018 to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six major powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Rouhani’s Iraq trip indicates U.S. failure to isolate Iran

TEHRAN – MP Hossein Naqavi Hosseini has hailed the achievements of President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Iraq, saying the growing Tehran-Baghdad ties indicate Washington’s failure to isolate Iran.

Iran, Iraq agree to scrap visa fees

TEHRAN – Tehran and Baghdad have agreed that their nationals will not have to pay visa fees for crossing borders.

By M.A. Saki

Iranians and Iraqis are inseparable 

The two nations of Iran and Iraq are bonded together by geography and more importantly religion, especially in the form of Shia Islam.

Zarif: Another vestige of Saddam war removed

Iran and Iraq stress commitment to the 1975 Algiers Treaty 

TEHRAN – Iran and Iraq issued a joint statement on Tuesday stressing commitment to the 1975 Algiers Treaty which delineates the border river between Iran and Iraq. 

Iran-Iraq ties don’t concern others: Tehran to Washington

TEHRAN – Tehran has responded to the meddlesome comments by U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook, saying ties between Iran and Iraq is based on good neighborliness and strategic relations and do not concern others.

Iraqis were never asked to choose Iran: Zarif

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the Iraqis were never asked to choose Iran as their close friend.

Iraqi dignitaries meet Rouhani in Baghdad

BAGHDAD/TEHRAN – A number of Iraqi dignitaries met on Monday and Tuesday with President Hassan Rouhani at the Iranian embassy in Baghdad. The visits took places as Rouhani was on a three-day tour of Iraq which started on Monday.

Iran, Iraq likely to relax visa rules to boost investment, tourism

TEHRAN – Iran and Iraq are working out an agreement to ease some visa rules in an effort to boost investment and tourism, IRNA reported.

Rouhani’s trip to Iraq garners international media attention

President Hassan Rouhani’s 3-day trip to Iraq, which began on Monday, has drawn international media attention, with many outlets describing it an act of defiance of U.S. sanctions.

Rouhani’s Iraq trip shows Baghdad’s defiance of U.S.

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Iraq was a slap in the face of Washington which was trying to pressure the Arab country to join the U.S. unilateral sanctions against Tehran, former Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi Qomi said on Monday.

U.S. afraid of close Iran-Iraq ties: analyst

TEHRAN - Seyyed Reza Ghazvini Ghorabi, an analyst, has said that the U.S. seeks to reduce interaction between Iran and Iraq, and that Washington is afraid of the close ties between Tehran and Baghdad.

Iran-Iraq ties role model for regional co-op: diplomat

TEHRAN – Iraj Masjedi, the Iranian ambassador to Baghdad, has said that Iran-Iraq relations can serve as a role model for cooperation between countries in the Middle East region.

Rouhani makes high-profile visit to Iraq 

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani of Iran made an official three-day visit to Iraq on Monday.

By Damir Nazarov 

Zionism is disturbed by the pro-Iranian Iraq

WEST SIBERIA/ TYUMEN - At the beginning of February 2019, military intelligence of the Zionist colony (Aman) stated that allegedly "the Islamic Republic of Iran is creating military bases in Iraq." At the same time, the local newspaper "Jerusalem Post" writes that “the desire to block Iran’s ground route to Syria and Lebanon changes Iraq into the arena of a possible attack on the part of Israel.”

Rouhani visit to Iraq to deepen ties: Iraqi president

TEHRAN – Iraqi President Barham Salih said on Sunday that President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Iraq will deepen relations between the two countries and people.

Zarif calls Iran and Iraq two pillars of regional security

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday that President Rouhani’s visit to Iraq is taking place at a very important juncture.

Zarif hails Rouhani’s Iraq visit as new start in Tehran-Baghdad ties

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Iraq will be a new start in Iran-Iraq relations.

Iran to ease visa rules for Iraqi Kurdistan travelers

TEHRAN – Iran is to loosen travel restrictions for Iraqi Kurdistan travelers in the hope of boosting tourism by offering electronic visas instead of printed ones.

Rouhani to visit Iraq on Monday

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani is set to start a three-day official visit to Iraq on Monday.

Chabahar port has turned into symbol of cooperation between Iran and India

Rouhani receives credentials of six ambassadors

TEHRAN – On Saturday President Hassan Rouhani received credentials of the new ambassadors of Burkina Faso, Myanmar, Congo, Malta, India and Iraq.

Rouhani to meet Ayatollah Sistani in landmark Iraqi trip: ambassador

TEHRAN – Iran’s ambassador to Iraq says President Hassan Rouhani will be meeting Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in his next week’s trip to Iraq.