Iran-Iraq Relations

In a joint press conference with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein in Baghdad, Iranian top diplomat Seyed Abbas Araghchi emphasized the readiness of the Islamic Republic for any scenario, whether conflict or peace.

An Iranian man who rescued at least 150 pilgrims after fire devoured a hotel in Iraq’s shrine city of Karbala last month, died of injuries on Saturday.

Iran’s President Massoud Pezeshkian, who is on a trip to neighboring Iraq as his first official trip as the newly-elected president, visited on Thursday the al-Kazimiyya shrine located in the suburb of Baghdad, which houses the burial places of the 7th Shia Imam, Musa al-Kazim, and his son and the 9th Shia Imam, Imam Jawad.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian held talks with President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Nechirvan Barzani in Erbil on key bilateral issues on the second day of his trip to Iraq.

Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian has called on Iraq to fully implement the March 2023 security agreement between the two neighboring countries to combat the terrorists and enemies "who have previously targeted regional stability and security".

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged the formation of a joint union among the world’s Muslim states, describing their unity as crucial to confronting “Zionist terrorism".

Iran’s President Massoud Pezeshkian, who is on a visit to neighboring Iraq as his first foreign trip, paid tribute on Wednesday to the commanders of the resistance movements Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the anti-terror commander of the IRGC’s Quds Forces, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), who were assassinated in a US strike at Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is scheduled to visit Iraq in Wednesday, September 11 at the official invitation of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al-Sudani.

All terrorists affiliated with the anti-Iran Komala separatist group have been forced to relocate from their previous camps in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region under a security agreement between the two countries, according to a report.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is going to visit Iraq on Wednesday, September 11, his first foreign trip since taking office over one month ago.

Over 720 thousand Iranian pilgrims have left Iran to Iraq’s Karbala through Mehran border crossing during the past ten days to take part in the Arbaeen walk, according to Tasnim news agency.

A huge fire which started in southern Iraq near Iran's border on Sunday has now spread to the Iranian side of the border.

Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi says Iran and Iraq have reached an agreement to launch the Khorramshahr-Basra sea line, in south of the two neighbors. 

Iran and Turkmenistan signed a gas swap agreement that will transfer Turkmen gas to Iraq through Iran.

Iran's Acting President Mohammad Mokhber and Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid have stressed the need to strengthen cooperation and interaction in all areas.

Iran’s strategic view is to bolster comprehensive ties with neighboring Iraq and Iranian officials are determined to achieve the goal, the acting Iranian foreign minister says.

The chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces has called on Iraq’s Kurdistan region to disarm terrorist groups holed up in the area.

Iran's acting president says Tehran will continue late president Ebrahim Raisi’s policy on Iraq with full force. Mohammad Mokhber was speaking with visiting Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid who has arrived in Tehran at the top of a high-ranking political delegation.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei met prime ministers of Iraq and the Hamas chief on the sidelines of the funeral procession of President Ebrahim Raisi and his associates in Tehran on Wednesday.

Iraqi President Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid has vehemently denied accusations of Iranian military involvement in Iraq's affairs.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi urges Iraq’s Kurdistan region to not let its soil be used by the Zionist regime’s mercenaries and anti-Iran groups as a launch-pad for actions against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi had a phone conversation with his Iraqi counterpart Abdul Latif Rashid on Tuesday, in which both sides emphasized on strengthening relations between the two countries.

The Iraqi government has revoked the passports of several ringleaders of a terrorist anti-Iranian separatist groups, some sources have revealed.   

Iran has renewed a contract with Iraq to export gas to its western neighbor for five more years.

The prime minister of Iraq has praised Iran's role in helping the Arab country’s fight against the Daesh terrorist group, saying the two neighbors have many common grounds.