Iran-Iraq Relations

Iran’s ambassador in Iraq says Tehran backs talks between the Sadr movement and the Shia Coordination Framework in the country.

The official newspaper of the Iranian government says the country should respond “with the necessary level of seriousness” to any threats from the Iraqi soil.

The chairman of the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce says in the first 11 months of this Persian year, the value of Iran's exports to Iraq reached $8.2 billion, and exports to the country are expected to exceed $9 billion by the end of the year.

Iran is participating in International Exhibition of Security, Defense and War Industries in Baghdad along with 13 other countries and more than 60 companies.

An Iranian customs spokesman says in the first 11 months of this year, more than 28 million tons of goods worth over 8.2 billion dollars were exported from Iran to Iraq, which translates to a 17% increase in weight and a 20% increase in value compared to the same period last year.

Iran is to hold an international investment exhibition in the Iraqi capital Baghdad aimed at promoting trade ties between the two countries.

Iran's Interior Ministry has announced that Covid-19 PCR tests performed in Iraq lack validity so Iranian pilgrims returning to the country should have received two doses of coronavirus vaccine.

A member of the board of directors of the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber has said in the first 10 months of this year, $7.280 billion worth of goods were exported to Iraq.

Tejarat News reports that Iraq is planning to replace Iran with Qatar as its natural gas supplier.

The Iranian president says Tehran has always highlighted the need for a strong and united government and society in Iraq.

The Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) said Iran can now use its funds in Iraq to import commodities.

Iran and Saudi Arabia are set to hold a fifth round of talks in the Iraqi capital aimed at hammering out their differences and fixing bilateral relations, Tehran’s ambassador to Baghdad says.

The head of Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce said Iran’s exports to Iraq during the first eight months of the Iranian calendar year (starting March 21, 2021) have fetched the country around $8 billion.

An informed political source has provided details of the meeting between Brigadier General Ismail Qaani, commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution’s Guards Corps, and Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of Iraq’s Sadr faction in the Iraqi city of Najaf.

A delegation of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) is scheduled to head to Iraq Sunday.

Iraq's Ministry of Electricity has rejected media reports that Baghdad has settled accounts with Iran for gas imports.

An Iranian official has announced the export of 207,000 tons of various agricultural products (summer crops) worth $63 million via the Mehran border crossing to Iraq.

An Iranian business official says that neighboring Iraq’s debt to Iran stands at between 5 to 7 billion dollars, and that there is no obstacle in Baghdad’s debt clearance process, despite certain claims to the contrary.

Iran and Iraq have launched a railway construction project that will connect the town of Shalamcheh in the Iranian province of Khuzestan to the Iraqi city of Basra.

Iran’s minister of roads and urban development says the Islamic Republic has signed an agreement with Iraq to build a railroad linking Iran’s Shalamcheh to the Iraqi province of Basra.

Iran’s President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi says the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq is due to resistance by the Iraqi people and government.

The head of the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce says part of Iraq’s $7 billion debt have been received from Baghdad.

The US State Department has extended a sanctions waiver enabling Iraq to continue importing electricity and gas from Iran.

President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi says Iran's principled stance is to support Iraq's independence, security and democracy.

A TV channel reports, commander of Iran’s Quds Force General Esmaeil Ghaani has met and held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and President Barham Salih.