Iraq

2022-01-19 17:22

FIFA president Infantino to meet Iran president Raisi

TEHRAN – Head of the Iranian football federation Shahabeddin Azizi Khadem says that they want to arrange a meeting between FIFA president Gianni Infantino and president Ebrahim Raisi.

2022-01-18 19:01

Iraqi, Afghan nationals top list of arrivals in Iran

TEHRAN – Citizens from Iraq and Afghanistan were the main tourists visiting Iran during a span of 70 days from October 23 to December 22, 2021, Mehr reported on Tuesday.

2022-01-15 21:24

Iran, Saudi Arabia prepare to reopen embassies: legislator

TEHRAN — A member of the Iranian Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee announced on Saturday that relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia are being revived and that groundwork is being prepared for Iran and Saudi Arabia to reopen their embassies in Riyadh and Tehran.

2022-01-15 13:48

Fans allowed into stadium for Iran, Iraq match

TEHRAN – Iranian football fans will be permitted to return to the stadium after two years.

2022-01-09 11:26

EU lawmaker says Gen. Soleimani's 'heroic struggles’ against terrorism will never be forgotten

TEHRAN - A member of the European Parliament has condemned the U.S. for assassinating Iran’s top anti-terror hero Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and his Iraqi trenchmate Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, saying “their heroic struggles against terrorism will never be forgotten.”

2022-01-03 17:08

The Game-Changer

Iraqis commemorating martyrs Soleimani and Muhandis

2022-01-01 22:19

Iraqis remember anti-terrorism heroes

TEHRAN — On Saturday afternoon, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis gathered in Baghdad to commemorate the anti-terror heroes, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), who were martyred on January 3, 2020.

2021-12-31 20:57

Time is up for United States in Iraq

TEHRAN — As the year 2021 ended on Friday, the exit of U.S. troop from Iraq will once again dominate headlines.

2021-12-26 21:36

Kerman-Najaf flights resume after two years halt

TEHRAN –Flights between Iran’s Kerman and Iraq’s Najaf have resumed following a two-year suspension resulting from COVID-19 restrictions.

2021-12-24 23:52

Iran, S. Arabia set to start new round of talks in Baghdad

TEHRAN — According to the Iranian state TV, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian declared on Thursday that a new round of negotiations between Iranian and Saudi delegations would take place in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

2021-12-24 14:42

Iran submits 300-page document on General Soleimani assassination to Iraq

TEHRAN - Iran’s human rights chief Kazem Gharibabadi announced on Wednesday that the Iranian Judiciary Iran has submitted a 300-page document on the assassination of lieutenant Qassem Soleimani by the United States to the Iraqi side.

2021-12-20 21:25

U.S. forces have left Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq

TEHRAN — Major General Tahsin al-Khafaji, head of the Joint Operations Command of the Iraqi army, announced on Monday that the United States military combat forces have withdrawn from Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq.

2021-12-20 21:24

General Soleimani created great capacity in Islamic world: Raisi

TEHRAN - President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday that General Qassem Soleimani created a great capacity for the Islamic world.

2021-12-12 18:14

Biden’s democracy summit, PR stunt

TEHRAN - The United States, which has long seen itself as the (self-proclaimed) flag bearer of human rights and democracy in the world has held an online conference with the reported attendance of around 100 countries to preach about democracy and human rights.

2021-12-07 21:25

Bomb explosion leaves dozen dead, several wounded in Iraq’s Basra

TEHRAN - At least a dozen people have reportedly lost their lives and many more sustained injuries in a powerful bomb attack in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, police and medical sources say.

2021/12/05

By Martin Love

In truth the U.S has become a weak and therefore dangerous country…

Average Americans with any sense of what the U.S. government is doing, especially overseas, are generally horrified withal but have little found power to push change.

2021-11-27 18:15

Visa waiver for land travelers demanded by Iraqi tour operators

TEHRAN – Several Iraqi travel insiders and tour operators have requested Iran to waive visa requirements for Iraqi nationals who want to enter the Islamic Republic via land borders.

2021-11-27 18:14

Eight war memorials, elements, properties approved as national heritage

TEHRAN - A selection of eight memorials, elements, and properties involving the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is marked as “Sacred Defense” in the Islamic Republic, has recently been added to the national heritage list.

2021-11-26 21:22

Ground is prepared to export $5b technical, engineering services, Safari says

Foreign Ministry official highlights Iran’s transit opportunities

TEHRAN – The Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy said late on Thursday that Iran enjoys transit advantage over neighboring countries, noting that there have been talks about transit of goods from Central Asia and the Caucasus to southern Iran and vice versa.

2021-11-24 21:00

Iran prepares to welcome Iraqi sightseers, pilgrims

TEHRAN – Iran is getting prepared to welcome more Iraqi sightseers, pilgrims, and medical travelers.

2021-11-24 16:04

Gianni Infantino to attend Iran’s match with Iraq

TEHRAN - FIFA president Gianni Infantino will travel to Tehran on Jan. 27, 2022 to attend the match between Iran and Iraq in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier.

2021-11-17 20:42

Diplomat seeks removing border obstacles to up trade with Iraq

TEHRAN — Mehdi Safari, the Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy, has said it is possible to expand trade between Tehran and Baghdad by two times provided that the existing border problems are resolved, IRNA reported on Wednesday.

2021-11-13 21:22

Saudi FM says ‘enough progress’ made in talks with Iran

TEHRAN – The top diplomat of Saudi Arabia has said that enough progress was made during several rounds of talks with Iran that allows the two regional heavyweights to proceed with the negotiations, though they are yet to reach a concrete result.

2021-11-13 21:21

Qaani visited Baghdad to help bring political stability to Iraq

TEHRAN — An expert on West Asia says that the visit by Brigadier General Esmaeil Qaani, commander of the IRGC Quds Force, to Baghdad was intended to bring back political stability to Iraq.

2021-11-09 21:08

Iraqi PM meets resistance party blocs

TEHRAN - The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi has held a meeting with members of Iraq’s Resistance Coordination Committee. The committee represents different factions of the anti-U.S. Iraqi resistance groups whose political wings have been elected to parliament. According to Iraqi media, President Barham Saleh and the head of the Judiciary Council were also present at the talks.

2021-11-08 20:39

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