Iran and Iraq

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Railway between Iraq and Iran to be built faster

Railway between Iraq and Iran to be built faster

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ordered the Roads and Urban Development Ministry to accelerate the construction of a project extending the rail line from the southwest of Iran to the Iraqi city of Basra. The railway will simplify the …

Iraq blames Iran for pilgrims entering country without visas

Iraq blames Iran for pilgrims entering country without visas

Iraq's interior ministry blamed the Iranian authorities for allowing tens of thousands of Shiite pilgrims, traveling toward the city of Karbala to see the shrine of the grandson of Prophet Muhammad, Imam Hussain, to enter the country. …

Hashemi Rafsanjani: Iran needs peaceful nuclear energy

Hashemi Rafsanjani: Iran needs peaceful nuclear energy

Iran was ready to work on a nuclear weapon during the war against Iraq in the 1980s, but it was not necessary, Iranian ex-President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said. "When we first began our nuclear program, we ...

Larijani meets with Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan

Larijani meets with Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan

Iranian parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani has met with Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan Nechirvan Barzani. "Iran pays paramount importance to maintaining stability and security in the Iraqi ...

Zarif: Iran supports international fight against terrorism

Zarif: Iran supports international fight against terrorism

Iran supports the efforts of the international community to combat the threat of terrorism and extremism, the head of Iran’s Foreign Ministtry, Mohammad Javad Zarif, told on a meeting with Iraqi Speaker, Salim …

Bus with Iraqi pilgrims crashes in Iran

Bus with Iraqi pilgrims crashes in Iran

A passenger bus with Iraqi pilgrims heading from Malayer city to Borujerd has overturned in Iran’s Hamadan province. The road accident left 11 dead and 25 more injured, IRNA news agency reports. The traffic police chief …