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Armed Kurdish groups sought to cross into Iran from Iraq, sources say

Turkey, which deems Kurdish militants in northern Iraq terrorists, has warned in recent days that any foreign intervention in Iran would escalate regional crises.

|ByREUTERS
Fighters from the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), an Iranian Kurdish opposition group, are pictured near the border with Iran in Iraq's Kurdistan Region, in the outskirts of Sulaimaniya, Iraq, June 21, 2025.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi attends a military parade for the members of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) marking its eighth anniversary, in Diyala province, Iraq July 23, 2022.

Iraqi militias may disarm over US-Israel threats, 30 million light weapons outside state control

With 90% of Iranian-backed groups agreeing to surrender weapons, experts warn that secret stockpiles, divided loyalties, and political bargaining could undermine the process.

|ByHUDHAIFA EBRAHIM/THE MEDIA LINE
Cracked brick wall painted with a Iranian flag on the left and a Iraqi flag on the right.

Iraq says gas supplies from Iran have been halted as Trump's 'maximum pressure' campaign kicks in

The ministry reported that 4,000 to 4,500 megawatts of power have been lost from the electrical system due to the halt in Iranian gas supplies.

|ByREUTERS
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) who became Iran's first Supreme Leader after the Islamic Revolution and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who offered the Shah of Iran to dispose of the cleric

The hit that wasn’t: When Saddam Hussein offered to kill Khomeini and the Shah said no

This decision, made quietly, cautiously, and with the best of intentions, reshaped the fate of a nation and the entire region.

|ByALEX WINSTON

Iraq between the devil and the deep blue sea

Troubling as this issue is, it is Iraq’s relations with its geographical neighbors that find the state balancing on a political tightrope.

JULY 20, 2019ByNEVILLE TELLER
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a news conference at Salam Palace in Baghdad, Iraq March 11, 2019

Iraqi militias bombed by unmanned aircraft, one killed - security sources

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

JULY 19, 2019ByREUTERS
Iraqi security forces gather at a checkpoint as cars cross into the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq.

U.S. denies reports of secret meetings between U.S., Iran officials

The Iranian delegation included two officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iraj Masjedi, Iran's special envoy to Iraq.

JULY 10, 2019ByTZVI JOFFRE
IRAN AND Iraqi flags held aloft by a woman.

Iraqi army aims to integrate Iranian-backed militias

Under US pressure, Baghdad seeks control over powerful force in country

JULY 3, 2019ByDIMA ABUMARIA/ THE MEDIA LINE
Iraq's Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi meets Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Baghdad, Iraq March 11, 2019

Iraqi president: we cannot afford another conflict, enough is enough

"We do not want our territory to be a staging post for any hostile action against any of our neighbors, including Iran."

JUNE 27, 2019ByTZVI JOFFRE
IRAQ’S PRESIDENT Barham Salih addresses a recent forum in Baghdad.

German FM in Baghdad to de-escalate U.S.-Iran tensions, save Iran deal

JUNE 8, 2019BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
German Minister of Foreign Affairs Maas speaks at the Foreign Ministry in Iraq Dec. 17, 2018

Trade ties in focus as Iran's Rouhani begins Iraq visit

MARCH 11, 2019ByREUTERS
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S., September 26, 2018

Iran’s Zarif arrives in Iraq for 'new chapter' as Tehran cements Iraq-Iran alliance

Zarif describes Iran and Iraq as a beating heart of the region. “Without Iran and Iraq the region won’t be safe and stable,” he has said.

MARCH 10, 2019BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attend a meeting with Muslim leaders and scholars in Hyderabad, India, February 15, 2018

Russians won't be able to push Iran out of Syria, expert says

"I wouldn't trust the Russians as far as I could spit" says Philip Smyth.

JANUARY 29, 2019ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Members of a Shia militia guard a house in Iraq. The new NDAA warned about the presence of Iranian-backed militias

Iraqi airspace is open for Israel to strike Iran

Notwithstanding the continuous story of Israeli airstrikes on Iranian-affiliated targets across Syria, another interesting claim emerged in Iraqi media last week.

JANUARY 23, 2019ByCENG SAGNIC
Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter jets take part in a ceremony for newly graduated air force pilots at Hatzerim Air Base, June 28, 2010.