Iran-Iraq Relations
March 15, 2020 19:06
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March 17,2020The recent attacks on coalition forces in Iraq are part of Washington's plots to create a new crisis in the Arab country, a lawmaker said. -
March 15,2020The recent visit by Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani to Iraq indicates that Tehran still plays an important role in the Arab country, despite the hostility of its... -
January 26,2020Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh says Iraq does not pay for Iranian natural gas imports. “They (Iraqis) do not pay us (Oil Ministry) any money for the gas they import,” Zanganeh was quoted as... -
January 12,2020Exports of commodities to Iraq through the Sumar Border Terminal in Qasr-e Shirin County of Kermanshah Province restarted from Saturday, after a five-month pause due to border shutdown by the Iraqi... -
January 10,2020Iran’s exports to Iraq stood at $6.3 billion in the nine months to Dec. 21, Hamid Hosseini, the secretary-general of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce, said. “In the two months ending Nov. 21, Iran’s... -
January 08,2020Opening a long-awaited joint bank to boost trade between Iran and Iraq, is crucial for enhancing the presence of Iranian firms in Iraq, says the head of Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce. -
January 05,2020Iraq's parliament passed a resolution on Sunday calling on the government to expel foreign troops from the country as tensions escalate between the United States and Iran on Iraqi soil following... -
December 16,2019Iran’s exports to Iraq have declined due to the recent political unrest in the neighboring country, the secretary-general of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce said. Hamid Hosseini added that Iran... -
December 07,2019Chairman of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran Hamid Zadboum said the value of Iranian exports to neighboring Iraq amounts to one-fourth of the Arab country’s total imports. -
December 02,2019The Iranian capital is hosting a forum attended by the businesspeople of Iran, Iraq and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Held at Tehran’s Parsian Evin Hotel, the two-day forum started on Monday and... -
November 09,2019Iraq imports 7 gigawatts of electricity from Iran to make up for the shortfall between its output and actual need, an Iraqi power ministry official said. Abbas Jabber, electricity ministry... -
November 02,2019Iranian and Iraqi power grids were synchronized Friday following closer collaboration between the two neighbors. Speaking on the sidelines of the synchronization ceremony at the premises of the... -
October 19,2019Power grids of Iran and Iraq will be synchronized by the end of 2019 and Tehran will help reduce power loss in the neighboring country the following year, chairman of the Export Committee of Iran... -
October 13,2019Iran accounts for about a quarter of all exports to neighboring Iraq. According to Iran's commercial attaché to Iraq, Nasser Behzad, China with 20%, Turkey with 19%, the US with close to 10%,... -
August 10,2019The unilateral US sanctions on Iran have not affected relations between Iraq and Iran, as trade ties in key sectors between the two neighbors continue as usual, Iraq's ambassador to Tehran said. “... -
August 05,2019Iran’s exports to the neighboring country Iraq have been on the decline since the last Iranian month (June 22-July 22), says secretary-general of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce. Hamid Hosseini... -
July 30,2019Securities and Exchange Organization of Iran and the Iraqi Securities Commission signed a memorandum of understanding to create a joint investment fund. The fund will be based on master-feeder... -
July 28,2019Baghdad would benefit greatly from de-escalation of tensions between Tehran and the West, and the Iraqi premier's recent visit to Iran was apparently aimed at achieving this goal, a political... -
July 27,2019Iraq and Iran are neighbors: Around $25 million worth of Iranian goods enter Iraq every day. But it is not clear what will happen when a three-month US waiver that allows Baghdad to trade with... -
July 23,2019Issues in the Middle East need to be addressed through dialogue, negotiation and cooperation among regional countries and neighbors, President Hassan Rouhani told an Iraqi delegation in Tehran on... -
July 21,2019The Iraqi capital city, Baghdad, is hosting a joint meeting of Economic Cooperation Commission with Iran. -
July 13,2019The National Iranian Gas Company and its affiliates are capable of playing a role in Iraq's untapped natural gas market. Morteza Bahiyeh, head of Iraq's Babil Province Chamber of Commerce and... -
July 07,2019Iran exported $2.5 billion worth of commodities and services to neighboring Iraq during the 100 days ending July 1, registering an increase of 20% compared with last year’s corresponding period.... -
June 26,2019Iran traded 944,845 tons of non-oil commodities worth $394.23 million with Iraq during the first Iranian month (March 21-April 20) to register a 2.8% decline in tonnage and 0.07% growth in value... -
June 15,2019The United States has allowed Iraq to import Iranian gas for its power grid for another three months by extending a waiver to US sanctions for Baghdad, two government sources said on Saturday.
