Iraqi president presses for closer trade and energy ties with Iran
Baghdad, Iraq-- Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid has emphasized the need for reinforcing partnership with Iran in the fields of trade and energy.The president made the remarks during a meeting with an Iranian delegation headed by deputy foreign minister Bagheri Kani in Baghdad.Rashid accentuated the imperative of reinforcing partnerships in...
Iraq displays Italy returned ancient stone tablet
The tablet- whose text is written in cuneiform, the Babylonian alphabet- bears the insignia of Shalmaneser III, the Assyrian king who ruled Nimrod.
Iraq president to visit Iran as Middle East peace process gathers pace
Tehran, Iran-- Iraq's President Abdul Latif Rashid will make an official visit to Iran in the near future as the two countries seek to consolidate their relations amid the warming of ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran.The visit of the Iraqi president to Iran was confirmed in a phone conversation...
Braving rockets, Iraq MPs elect president who names PM after year of deadlock
The 52-year-old Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, who has the backing of influential pro-Iran factions, vowed to form a government "as quickly as possible", but faces the daunting task of winning over their rivals, the millions of diehard supporters of fiery cleric Moqtada Sadr. When Sudani was first proposed in July, the...
