Iran-Iraq Relations
September 16, 2020 19:42
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September 16,2020Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has appointed Mustafa Ghaleb as central bank governor and Salem Jawad Abdul Hadi Al-Jalabi as chairman of state-owned Trade Bank of Iraq. The appointments... -
September 13,2020Three border crossings with Iraq, namely Chazzabeh and Shalamcheh in the southern Khuzestan Province and Mehran in the western Ilam Province, have reopened for exports on all weekdays as of Sept.... -
July 26,2020Chazzabeh crossing on the Iran-Iraq border was reopened for exports on Sunday, after five months of closure due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus. Iranian commercial vehicles will be allowed... -
July 24,2020Iraq has reopened its Manzarieh border crossing with Iran (called Khosravi on the Iranian side) after it was closed for about five months, following the spread of the new coronavirus. "Following... -
July 22,2020Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Iran expects Baghdad to proceed with the decision of its government, nation and parliament to expel American forces as their... -
July 21,2020Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who arrived in Tehran on Tuesday for a two-day visit, held meetings with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and other top... -
July 21,2020Head of the International Department of the Central Bank of Iran said constructive talks were held with Iraqi officials during his tour to the Arab country, which could result in unfreezing... -
July 18,2020A total of 5 million tons of non-oil goods worth $1.45 billion were exported from Iran to Iraq during the first quarter of the current Iranian year (March 20-June 20) to register a 40% and 38.3%... -
July 12,2020Iraq has partially reopened another border crossing into Iran. The Mandali border crossing (known as Soomar on the Iranian side of the border) was reopened on Saturday in a ceremony attended by... -
June 24,2020Saman Insurance Company has extended its frontier by launching a subsidiary insurance company in Iraq. According to a press release published on the company's website, the insurer aims to help... -
June 19,2020Iran and Iraq will invoke past agreements to expedite settlement of Iraqi arrears using a trading mechanism designed to supply basic goods to Iran. Governor of the Central Bank of Iran... -
June 13,2020Iran and Iraq have reached an agreement to build a highway from the Iranian border city of Mehran to the southern city of Najaf in Iraq. -
June 05,2020Importing electricity from Iran is of vital importance for Iraq (both politically and economically), the Iraqi Minister of Electricity Majid Mahdi Hantoush said at the weekend. After meeting... -
June 01,2020Some $30 million worth of non-oil goods have been exported to Iraq via Iran's Khorramshahr Port since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 20), an official with Arvand Free Trade Zone... -
May 15,2020Exports of essential goods, as well as all types of herbal and edible plants, via Tamarchin border crossing, located in Piranshahr County in West Azarbaijan Province, to the neighboring Iraq has... -
May 13,2020Iran’s ambassador in Baghdad said Tehran’s relations with the new Iraqi government are expected to be positive, as both countries have agreed on improving mutual ties. -
May 11,2020President Hassan Rouhani reiterated that Iran will stand by the Iraqi people and government. -
May 10,2020Iran exports about 1,500 megawatts of electricity and 30 million cubic meters of gas to Iraq every day, the money for which is deposited in the Trade Bank of Iraq, a spokesman of the Iranian Oil,... -
May 09,2020About 8.1 million tons of goods worth $3.8 billion were exported from Iran to Iraq through the Iraqi Kurdistan Region during the last fiscal year that ended on March 19, according to the spokesman... -
April 27,2020The United States has renewed a waiver for Iraq to continue importing Iranian electricity, a US State Department official said late Sunday, but this time for a shorter period of 30 days, adding... -
April 12,2020Mehran border crossing will remain closed until April 19, as per a new decision made by Iraq’s Ministry of Health and Environment. -
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...
