Iraq
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Iran, Iraq Private Sector Officials Meet in Tehran
EghtesadOnline: The chambers of commerce of Iran and Iraq surveyed ways of expanding bilateral trade and banking cooperation.
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Without Waivers, US Sanctions on Iran Will Cripple Iraq
EghtesadOnline: Iraqi officials, struggling to form a new government months after the May parliamentary elections, now have an even more pressing concern: persuading the Trump administration…
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Iraq Tar Transit to Pakistan Via Iran Railroad
EghtesadOnline: A shipment of tar has been transited from Iraq to Pakistan for the first time through Iran’s railroad, the director general of the South East Railroad Company announced.
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Shalamcheh Border Closure Denied
EghtesadOnline: Shalamcheh border crossing, which connects Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan Province to Basra in Iraq, is open and operating normally, Iranian and Iraqi officials said in reaction…
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Baghdad: Reuters report of Iran moving missiles to Iraq is 'without evidence'
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”.
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Iraq to Seek US Exemptions on Anti-Iran Sanctions
EghtesadOnline: Iraq’s economy is so closely linked to Iran’s that Baghdad intends to ask Washington for permission to ignore some US sanctions on its neighbor, Iraqi government and central bank…
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Baghdad Grapples With ‘Curse’ of US Sanctions on Iran
EghtesadOnline: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has raised the level of uncertainty over how Iraq will handle US sanctions on Iran.
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Emirati Paper: Baghdad Expected to Maintain Strong Economic Ties With Tehran
EghtesadOnline: Iraq’s ties with Iran are likely to grow stronger as a result of renewed US economic sanctions on Tehran.
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Iran-Iraq Gas Talks Underway
EghtesadOnline: Iraq's Oil Ministry is discussing prospects of increasing gas import from Iran for its industrial and residential sectors, a senior energy official said.
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Iraq to Respect Dollar Ban But Not All US Sanctions on Iran
EghtesadOnline: Iraqi 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…
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Sanctions on Iran Take Toll on Economic Transactions With Iraq
EghtesadOnline: Caught in the crossfire between its key allies Tehran and Washington, Iraq’s economy could suffer the heaviest collateral damage from the US reimposition of sanctions against…
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10% of Ilam Exports Sent to Iraq
EghtesadOnline: More than $158.75 million worth of commodities were exported from the western Ilam Province to the neighboring Iraq during the first four months of the current Iranian year (March…
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Iraqi commander: Daesh in Iraq to end soon
EghtesadOnline: Commander of Nineveh province Brigadier General Najm al-Jabouri said Daesh will come to its end in Iraq soon.
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Iraq hangs 36 people sentenced to death for killing of troops in 2014
EghtesadOnline: Iraq said on Sunday it had hanged 36 militants sentenced to death over the mass killing of hundreds of mainly Shi'ite soldiers at a camp north of Baghdad two years ago.
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Turkish Army Orders Troops Stationed in Iraq to Withdraw Immediately
EghtesadOnline: Turkey's army has ordered the country's troops stationed in neighboring Iraq to withdraw immediately from that country and return to garrisons in Turkey, media reports said.
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Khorramabad exports to Iraq stand at $6.2b
EghtesadOnline: Exports from the provincial city of Khorramabad to Iraq stood at dlrs 6.2 billion over the past Iranian year, Iranian Commercial attaché in Iraq Ebrahim Mohammadzadeh said on…
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Velayati: Iran spares no efforts to help Iraq
EghtesadOnline: Head of the Strategic Research Center of Iran's Expediency Council has said Iran will spare no efforts to help Iraq as it has done so till now.
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Rouhani: Iran to continue support for Iraq to fight terrorism
EghtesadOnline: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the country would continue to stand by Iraqi nation in the course of defending holy Islamic shrines and fighting terrorism in the neighboring…
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Former UK deputy says now believes Iraq invasion illegal
Britain broke international law when it invaded Iraq in 2003, its deputy prime minister at the time, John Prescott, said on Sunday in the wake of a critical report on the decision; Reuters reported.
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Iraq receives 20 percent of Iran’s exports
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.