Iraq
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US Pursuing Self-Serving Goals in Iraq
EghtesadOnline: The United States is refusing to withdraw its forces form Iraq despite a parliamentary resolution calling for their exit, as it pursues its own self-serving agenda, Iranian lawmakers…
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US Plotting Attacks to Provoke New Crisis in Iraq
EghtesadOnline: The 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.
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$1.4b of Minerals Exported from Iran to Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan
EghtesadOnline: Iran exported an aggregate of 8.5 million tons of mineral products worth $1.4 billion to Iraq, Turkey and Afghanistan during the first eight months of the current Iranian year…
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US Again Gives Iraq Sanctions Waiver for Iran Gas Imports
EghtesadOnline: The United States has granted Iraq a 45-day sanctions waiver enabling the country to continue importing vital Iranian gas and electricity supplies.
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EASA Withdraws Overflight Warnings for Iran
EghtesadOnline: European airlines can return to parts of Iranian and Iraqi airspace, the EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said on Wednesday, three weeks after Iran accidentally shot down a Ukrainian…
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Iraq Buying Iran Gas, But Not Paying
EghtesadOnline: Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh says Iraq does not pay for Iranian natural gas imports.
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Hundreds of Thousands Protest in Iraq to Demand Ouster of US Troops
EghtesadOnline: Hundreds of thousands of supporters of populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr gathered in Baghdad on Friday for a rally to demand the ouster of US troops, putting the protest-hit…
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Sulaymaniyah-Kish Flights Launched
EghtesadOnline: Direct flights between Sulaymaniyah in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and Iran's southern Kish Island have been launched, the director general of Kish Airports Company announced.
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Exports to Iraq Through Sumar Border Terminal Resume
EghtesadOnline: Exports 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…
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Joint Bank, Stronger Export Guarantees Crucial for Boosting Trade With Iraq
EghtesadOnline: Opening a long-awaited joint bank to boost trade between Iran and Iraq, is crucial for enhancing the presence of Iranian firms in Iraq, says the head of Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber…
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Iran-Iraq Economic Ties Won't Be Affected by US Tensions
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s exports to Iraq stood at $6.3 billion in the nine months to Dec. 21, Hamid Hosseini, the secretary-general of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce, said.
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Millions March to Honor General Soleimani
EghtesadOnline: Millions of Iranian mourners marched the streets of the southwestern city of Ahvaz and the holy city of Mashhad in the northeast to commemorate the martyrdom of top commander,…
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Oil Hits $70
EghtesadOnline: Oil prices rose a further 2% on Monday, pushing Brent above $70 a barrel, as rhetoric from the United States, Iran and Iraq fanned tensions in the Middle East after a US air strike…
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Baghdad Protesters Storm US Embassy
EghtesadOnline: Protesters broke into the US embassy compound in Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday after smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, prompting tear gas and sounds…
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Iran's Exports to Iraq Decline by One-Third
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s exports to Iraq have declined due to the recent political unrest in the neighboring country, the secretary-general of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce said.
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Iran Holds 25% of Iraqi Market
EghtesadOnline: Chairman of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran Hamid Zadboum said the value of Iranian exports to neighboring Iraq amounts to one-fourth of the Arab country’s total imports.
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Tehran Hosts Iran-Iraq Business Forum
EghtesadOnline: The Iranian capital is hosting a forum attended by the businesspeople of Iran, Iraq and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
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Need to Redefine Ties With Iraq
EghtesadOnline: Iran needs to prove to the Iraqis that it fully respects their country's political independence and to refrain from overemphasizing religious commonalities as the only decisive…
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Iraq Electricity Self-Sufficiency a Far-Fetched Goal
EghtesadOnline: Iraq imports 7 gigawatts of electricity from Iran to make up for the shortfall between its output and actual need, an Iraqi power ministry official said.
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Iran, Iraq Power Grids Synchronized
EghtesadOnline: Iranian and Iraqi power grids were synchronized Friday following closer collaboration between the two neighbors.
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Iraqis, Lebanese Should Pursue Rightful Demands Within Law
EghtesadOnline: Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday Iraqi and Lebanese people should pursue their rightful demands through legal means, while accusing…
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Iran: Power Grid Synchronization With Iraq by Yearend
EghtesadOnline: Power grids of Iran and Iraq will be synchronized by the end of 2019 and Tehran will help reduce power loss in the neighboring country the following year, chairman of the Export…
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Iran Accounts for Quarter of All Exports to Iraq
EghtesadOnline: Iran accounts for about a quarter of all exports to neighboring Iraq.
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Transit Costs Drop 50% on Reopening of Iraq-Syria Crossing
EghtesadOnline: The reopening of the Abu Kamal-Qaim border crossing between Syria and Iraq will reduce transit costs between Iran and Syria by 50%, says the co-chair of Iran-Syria Economic Commission,…
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Egg Exports Cease to Iraq, Afghanistan
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s egg exports have ceased for more than a month now, says Nasser Nabipour, chairman of Tehran's Union of Producers of Egg-Laying Chicken’s board of directors.
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Iranian Bank to Open 5 Branches in Iraq
EghtesadOnline: Parsian Bank, one of the leading private banks in Iran, is planning to open five more branches in Iraq, the CEO told members of the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce.
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Iran-Iraq Truck Movements Restricted to Ease Arbaeen Pilgrimage
EghtesadOnline: Truck movement from the four border crossings of Chazzabeh and Shalamcheh in Khuzestan Province, Khosravi in Kermanshah Province and Mehran in Ilam Province will be banned from…
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Preparations Underway for Transportation of Arbaeen Pilgrims
EghtesadOnline: Thousands of Iranian pilgrims are getting ready to travel to Iraq in the coming weeks for the Arbaeen commemorations—one of the largest annual gatherings of Muslims in the world,…
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Iraq Resists US Pressure to Reduce Iranian Gas Imports
EghtesadOnline: Iraq will struggle to generate enough electricity unless it continues to use Iranian gas for three to four more years, the electricity minister said on Tuesday, resisting US pressure…
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OPEC Posts First Oil Output Rise in 2019 Despite Saudi Cuts
EghtesadOnline: OPEC oil output increased in August for the first month this year as higher supply from Iraq and Nigeria outweighed restraint by top exporter Saudi Arabia and losses caused by…