Iran-Iraq Relations

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih have called for expansion of bilateral ties between the two neighbouring states in line with the interest of both nations.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says unlike Riyadh, Tehran is not seeking tension with any neighbouring country, including Saudi Arabia.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who is currently on a historic visit to Iraq, says Tehran and Baghdad can easily raise their mutual trade to 20 billion dollars a year.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says no power in the world can cause rift between the two neighbouring nations of Iran and Iraq.

Iran’s president has hailed the amicable relations between Tehran and Baghdad, saying that the two countries’ ties can set an example to the whole region.

Iraq’s top parliamentarian holds talks with high-ranking Iranian officials on a wide range of issues, including ways to bolster bilateral relations, uproot terrorism and strengthen regional peace.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held talks with Iraq’s Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi who is on an official visit to Tehran at the head of a delegation.

Ahead of the historic visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to Iraq, the Arab country’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Nizar al-Khairallah, has held talks with his Iranian counterpart Morteza Sarmadi in Tehran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held separate phone conversations with Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and his Iraqi counterpart Mohamed Ali Alhakim.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is to travel to Iraq for talks with the country’s officials in coming weeks.

Iranian traders can open accounts with Iraqi banks to carry out their transactions under a new payment system between the two countries, Iran's central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said Wednesday.

Statements by US President Donald Trump that Washington would use its bases in Iraq to “watch” Iran have met with widespread criticism from Iran and a wide array of Iraqi officials.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has expressed deep regret over a terrorist attack on a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in the Iraqi city of Balad, which killed and wounded a number of them.

Several Iranian pilgrims were wounded on Sunday after the bus carrying them in the south of Iraq’s Saladin governorate was targeted by terrorists, an Iranian official confirmed.

The Iraqi foreign minister says his country will not be pressured by the US into joining the anti-Iran front.

A former Iranian diplomat says Tehran and Baghdad are enjoying the most strategic era in the history of their relations.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran and Baghdad can increase annual trade volume to 20 billion dollars and if the ground is prepared, the Islamic Republic is ready to proudly share its achievements in energy, engineering, agriculture and trade areas with the Iraq.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Iraqi President Barham Salih have discussed regional issues and the ways to develop collaborations in this regard.

Iraq’s religious and social institutions have stressed their eagerness to maintain and deepen friendly and close ties with the Islamic Republic.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi have exchanged views on enhancing bilateral ties.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is in Baghdad at the head of a high-ranking politico-economic delegation, met with Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi and his Iraqi counterpart Mohammad Ali Alhakim on Sunday evening.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is to travel to Iraq at the head of a high-ranking politico-economic delegation on Sunday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said.

An Iranian official says statistics show more than 63,000 Iranians are confirmed to be suffering from chemical weapons injuries and the number is still increasing, thirty years after the devastating invasion of Iran by Iraq came to an end.

The Iranian ambassador to Baghdad says Iran has withdrawn all of its military advisors from Iraq.

Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian says the Islamic Republic will keep up exporting electricity to Iraq to satisfy vital needs of the neighbouring nation.