Iran-Iraq Relations

Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi says the recent remarks by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on his country’s compliance with the US sanctions on Iran will have no impact on bilateral ties between the two neighbouring countries.

Iranian border guards have dismantled and killed several members of a terrorist group in the northwest of the country.

The three-month closure of currency exchange offices in the holy city of Qom in central Iran has prompted many ordinary people and even foreign pilgrims to turn to the city’s streets to exchange their money and even earn a livelihood.

The wildfires that had been mostly contained in the Iraqi part of Hoor-al-Azim Wetland have once again swept through the region and the smoke has affected the cities of Iran’s Khuzestan province.

A foreign policy advisor to Iran’s Leader says the country is prepared to help Yemenis restore peace to their country, if they make a request for Iran’s intervention.

Iraqi media say Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has tasked the country’s Electricity Minister Qassem Al-Fahdawi to travel to Saudi Arabia to negotiate importing electricity from the Arab country.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has smashed a terror outfit and killed three terrorists in the west of the country near the border with Iraq.

Ali Akbar Velayati, an international adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution who is on an official visit to Moscow, said that Iran’s advisory missions in Syria and Iraq will immediately end if the two Arab countries’ governments want so.

Es’haq Jahangiri, Iran’s First Vice President, says the Islamic Republic will continue to stand by the Syrian government and nation during their reconstruction era.

Iraq's Sadr Movement which has secured the largest number of seats in Iraq's parliamentary elections says unlike what is widely said by certain states, Iran does not and will not interfere in Iraq's internal affairs.

IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani says the victory of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah in the recent parliamentary votes turned it into a Resistance Government.

Two Iranian border guards were killed in a clash with armed elements affiliated with terrorist groups.

Iran’s top security official Ali Shamkhani says the return of stability to Syria and Iraq has worried the Israeli regime, as calm in the two countries would allow attentions to be drawn to the Palestine conflict.

The US dictates on the Islamic Republic of Iran are unacceptable for the Sadr bloc, said Head of the Political Bureau of Iraq’s Sadr Movement.

Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi says most Iranian officials, especially IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani, like Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr very much as far as he knows.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the recent elections successfully held in Iraq strengthened the achievements and victories the Iraqi nation gained in fight against terrorism.

Iraq, Qatar and Oman have expressed dismay over US President Donald Trump’s announcement that Washington has withdrawn from the Iran nuclear deal.

The Iraqi quarter in the Iranian capital, Tehran, is brimming with election fervour in the run-up to the May 12 parliamentary votes in the Arab country.

The 31st Tehran International Book Fair has drawn more publishers and authors from around the world this year compared to previous years.

Iran exports large quantities of medicinal herbs to neighbouring Iraq as part of plans to diversify the country’s sources of income.

Iranian Minister of Defence Brigadier General Amir Hatami says the relations between Iran and Iraq are so deep and strong that won’t be severed by US troublesome meddling.

Iran’s defence minister says those falsely claiming to be fighting terrorism actually supported and helped them.

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami has traveled to neighboring Iraq for talks on various issues, including ways to boost defense cooperation between the Islamic Republic and the Arab country.

The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised Afghan troops’ resistance against terrorists in Iraq and Syria.

Lebanon and Iraq have supported Iran at a preliminary foreign ministerial meeting of an Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia.