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EghtesadOnline: Iran and Iraq signed a memorandum of understanding for boosting energy collaboration and renovating Iraq ’s power infrastructure.

EghtesadOnline: Iran traded 27.4 million tons of non-oil commodities worth $13.84 billion with six Persian Gulf nations, namely Iraq , the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, during the first seven months of the current fiscal (March 21-Oct. 22) to register a 19.92% and 10.96% growth in tonnage and value respectively compared with last year’s corresponding period.

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday held a meeting with his Iraq i counterpart Barham Salih in Tehran where they discussed a wide range of issues including expansion of bilateral trade, setting up a free trade zone on the border between the two countries, linking rail networks and tackling environmental problems.

EghtesadOnline: Iraq ’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday it was “astonished” at a Reuters report that Iran had moved missiles to Iraq and that the article was “without evidence”.

EghtesadOnline: Iraq i Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has raised the level of uncertainty over how Iraq will handle US sanctions on Iran.

EghtesadOnline: Iraq ’s ties with Iran are likely to grow stronger as a result of renewed US economic sanctions on Tehran.

EghtesadOnline: Iraq i Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi stepped back from his proclamation to abide by new US sanctions on Iran on Monday, saying his government would only respect the dollar ban in transactions with Iran.

EghtesadOnline: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the country would continue to stand by Iraq i nation in the course of defending holy Islamic shrines and fighting terrorism in the neighboring country.

Iranian Commercial Attaché to Iraq Ebrahim Reza-Zadeh said the country’s exports to Iraq is four time more comparing to the amount of exports to the 4 non-Asian continents.