Turkey and Iran have pledged to take “necessary steps” and to stand together against violations of the territorial integrity of Iraq. Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri and Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim spoke at a …
The Political Coordinator of the Saudi Mission in the United Nations, spokeswoman Manal Hassan Radwan, said that Iran has taken advantage of the lifting of sanctions to destabilize the region. “Iran has taken advantage of …
Officials of the Kurdistan Regional Government are accusing Iran of playing a key role in the fall of disputed territories in northern Iraq including the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, a claim rejected by Iranian officials, VOA …
New U.S. sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards could have a bearing on the ongoing standoff in Kirkuk between the Peshmerga and Iranian-backed Shi’ite Hashd al-Shaabi, Kurdish media network Rudaw reports quoting experts. “The Revolutionary Guard is …
Saudi Arabia’s king praised U.S. President Donald Trump for his “visionary” new strategy vis-a-vis Iran during a phone call between the two leaders on Saturday, the White House said Sunday, The Hill reports. “King Salman praised …
Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday denied reports that Tehran had closed a border crossing with northern Iraq in response to an independence referendum in Iraq’s Kurdish region last month, the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) …
Saudi Arabia welcomed the new tougher U.S. policy toward Iran and stated that lifting sanctions had allowed Iran to create its ballistic missile program and step up its support for militant groups, The New York Times reports. …
More than two weeks after the September 25 independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran has yet to take any meaningful action against the Kurdish region despite its rhetoric, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s labeling of …
The Iranian regime has been meddling in conflicts across the Middle East for a long time. For example, Iran has been involved in the Syrian civil war since the very beginning and it has provided …
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani attempted to reassure his country’s own Kurdish population about their value within the Iranian nation while Tehran has slammed the Kurdistan Region’s independence referendum, Kurdish media network Rudaw reports. “We trust you …
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