Iran-Iraq Relations

Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran says the Islamic Republic welcomes the appointment of Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as the new prime minister of Iraq.

The first reactions to the US assassination of General Qassem Soleimani in an aerial attack on the Iraqi soil included fury and irritation in Tehran and the concerns about the outbreak of a new Middle East war in Washington.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hit back at Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, and said the kingdom cannot be called a “normal” country after its moves to cause a humanitarian crisis in Yemen and to assassinate Jamal Khashoggi.

Direct flights have been officially launched between Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah and Iran’s Kish Island, and the first passenger plane carrying the Kurdish tourists landed on the Persian Gulf island earlier this week.

The review of an interview with former president of the Kurdistan Region five years after being published in a Turkish daily sheds light on how Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani literally saved Erbil after the Kurdish calls for help from the US, UK, France, Turkey and Saudis went unheeded when bloodthirsty ISIS forces were on the city’s doorstep.

Iraq's top cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has extended condolences to Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on the martyrdom of top Iranian commander General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in an American drone strike in Iraq.

President of Iran Hassan Rouhani has hailed the “significant” resolution passed by Iraq's parliament which calls on the Baghdad government to expel American troops from the Arab country.

The foreign ministers of Iraq and Iran have in a telephone conversation talked about the latest developments in the region and in Iraq.

A massive mourning procession is being held in Iraq for two top military figures assassinated in a US strike in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

The General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces has warned the elements behind the assassination of IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani to await a “harsh and regrettable” revenge.

Iranian ambassador to Baghdad, Iraj Masjedi, has given details of the US attack that killed IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani early Friday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran has summoned the charge d'affaires of Switzerland, which represents Washington’s interests in Iran, over the US officials’ recent stances on Iraq developments.

A senior Iranian diplomat says Washington’s levelling accusations against Iran is aimed at deflecting public attention from the Iraqi nation’s outrage against the recent deadly US attacks in the country.

Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has strongly denounced the US’ recent airstrikes against Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known as Hashd al-Sha’abi.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held talks with a number of his counterparts and high-ranking officials in the Qatari capital of Doha.

Members of the Iranian diplomatic delegation to the Syria peace talks, known as the Astana Process, have held separate meetings with the Syrian and Iraqi teams in the Kazakh capital of Nur-Sultan.

One-fourth of the total imports into Iraq come from Iran, an Iranian official has announced.

The Foreign Minister of Iraq has made an apology to Iran for an attack on the Iranian consulate in the holy city of Najaf.

An aide to Iran’s Parliament speaker has warned of a plot by the ISIL terrorists to desecrate Iraq’s holy cities of Karbala and Najaf under the guise of Iraqi protestors with the support of the US and Saudi Arabia.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi has roundly condemned Wednesday’s attack on the Iranian Consulate in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf.

The Iraqi police has declared curfew in the holy city of Najaf after rioters stormed the Iranian Consulate and set it on fire.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has praised the remarks recently made by the Turkish president on the developments in Iraq.

Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri has warned of plots to exploit the rightful demands of Iraqi and Lebanese protesters.

Heads of tribes in Karbala have apologized to the Iranian nation and government over a recent attack against the Islamic Republic’s consulate in the holy Iraqi city.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has condemned the recent moves against Iran's Consulate General in the Iraqi city of Karbala, and highlighted the acts taken by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran to maintain the security of the country’s missions in Iraq.