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Iran on Sunday shut a main border crossing with northern Iraq’s Kurdish region amid tension over last month’s independence referendum, Al-Bawaba reports. “Iranian authorities have closed the crossing near …
Remains of the bodies of 199 Iranian martyrs of the Iraqi war on Iran in 1980-88 were transferred to the country through the southwestern border of Shalamcheh. Remains of 30 bodies of the martyrs were discovered at a rugged terrain …
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday after meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Tehran that the two countries should prevent Iraq’s Kurdistan region from …
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif offered his condolences on demise of ex-president of Iraq Jalal Talabani, the Foreign Ministry Media Department said in a report. Zarif wrote that news …
Iran deployed a dozen tanks supported by artillery at the border with Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region on Monday, a Kurdish official said, “The tanks can be seen from the Kurdish side,” Reuters cited the official in …
Iranian and Iraqi central government forces are to hold joint military exercises near their borders as part of Tehran’s effort to support Baghdad after the Kurdish independence referendum, Reuters reported citing Iran’s state …
Iran has banned the transportation of refined crude oil products by Iranian companies to and from Iraq’s Kurdistan region, the Tasnim news agency said. "A directive by the Road and Transportation Organization has temporarily …
Iran’s air defense base has deployed its missile systems along the country’s western frontiers with Iraq, a move aimed at “responding to violations”. Brigadier-General Alireza Elhami, the deputy …
Mlitary commanders and diplomats from both Iran and the United States are swarming Iraqi Kurdistan
The Iranian Judiciary has issued a ruling demanding that the US government pay around 245 million dollars in damage to a number of victims of chemical attacks carried out by Saddam Hussein’s troops during the 1980 to 1988 …
The government of Saudi Arabia has sought the help of Iraq's prime minister to mend relations between Riyadh and Tehran, according to news reports. "During our visit to Saudi Arabia, they also asked us to do so, and we said …
Iran and Iraq signed an agreement to step up military cooperation and the fight against "terrorism and extremism", Iranian media reported. Iranian Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan and his Iraqi counterpart Erfan …
Iraq Defense Minister Irfan al-Hayali arrived in Tehran on Saturday, at the head of a defense delegation, Mehr news agency reported. Irfan al-Hayali is visiting the Islamic Republic, upon an official invitation of …
Iran started a project to export natural gas to its western neighbor – Iraq. Exports of around 7 million cubic meters per day (bcm/d) to Iraq’s capital Baghdad had started from the late hours of Wednesday, June 21, the …
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says a referendum on the independence of the Iraqi Kurdistan region will just create more problems for the Arab country in a time when it needs peace and stability more than ever. Foreign Ministry Spokesman …
29 companies have qualified for bidding in oil and gas tenders
Iran has commenced oil production from North Yaran oilfield with an output of 30,000 barrels per day with the 10 wells drilled so far, the project's development manager said, Trade Arabia reports. Iran's priority is to …
A number of key OPEC countries, including Saudi Arabia, may support special conditions for Iraq in a deal to cut oil production, a source in the delegation of an OPEC member country said. Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi said …
Iran and Iraq have agreed to connect their oil pipelines, Trend reported citing Fars. According to the report, the agreement was achieved between Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and his Iraqi counterpart …
Iraq's government would consider selling crude through Iran should talks with the autonomous Kurdish region on an oil revenue-sharing agreement fail, a senior oil ministry official in Baghdad said in an interview with Reuters. …
