Press TV - Iraq's foreign minister has apologized to Iran after rioters set fire to the Islamic Republic's consulate in the holy city of Najaf. Mohammad Ali al-Hakim told his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif during a phone call on Thursday that Baghdad was committed to protecting Iranian diplomatic missions and their staff in the Arab country....

IRNA Yazd Airport has provided extraordinary flights to Najaf due to numerous requests made by the people, Director of Yazd Airports public relations office Mohammad Adib Doost said on Wednesday. Mohammad Adib Doost gave assurances about safety of the flights from Yazd to Najaf. Yazd airport fulfills its responsibility to meet any demand from ...

President.ir - President of the Islamic Republic of Iran left Najaf City, Iraq, for Tehran minutes ago to end his three-day visit to the country. During his stay, Dr Rouhani met with the President, Prime Minister, Parliament Speaker and other senior officials of Iraq. He also had meetings with Iraqi parties and political groups, attended the ...

MNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met with Iraqi Shia Marja' Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the holy city of Najaf on Wednesday. Heading a high-ranking delegation, including Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi, Rouhani is scheduled to hold separate meetings with other senior Shia clerics during his stay ...

President.ir - Iran�s President Hassan Rouhani who is on a three-day tour to Iraq, arrived in the central-south city of Najaf Wednesday morning and visited the holy shrine of Imam Ali (AS), the first Imam of Shia Muslims.      

IRNA Iran's President Hassan Rouhani who is on a three-day tour to Iraq, arrived in the central-south city of Najaf Wednesday morning. He will visit the holy shrine of Imam Ali (AS), the first Imam of Shia Muslims. The Iranian president arrived in Baghdad on Monday and met with senior Iraqi officials and elites in Baghdad, and visited holy places ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said Iran and Iraq private sectors will stand together in mutually beneficial endeavors to improve the lives of all. "Honored to be in Najaf and Karbala: home of the Sacred Shrines. Moved by people's sentiments. As brave Iranian youth stood with Iraqi brothers in fight against extremist terror,...

IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the end of his visit to Iraq left Najaf for Tehran on Thursday evening. Zarif and the accompanying high-ranking politico-economic delegation after a 5-day visit to Iraq and holding negotiations with senior Iraqi officials in Baghdad and Erbil are returning home. The foreign minister also ...

MNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attended a joint business forum in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Thursday morning. Heading a high-ranking delegation, including Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi , Zarif took part in the meeting, which was held between Iranian and Iraqi entrepreneurs and businesspersons. Representatives of major Iranian ...

ISNA After a one-day visit to Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif and his accompanying delegation left Sulaymaniyah for Najaf on Tuesday night. Upon their arrival at Najaf airport, they were welcomed by Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Najaf and the local officials, according to IRNA. After ...

MNA - A ceremony was held in Najaf Seminary School of theology on Saturday to commemorate the late Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi who passed away on Monday. Great Shia marja, scholars, theologians, and politicians attended the ceremony which was held in the Iraqi city to commemorate the late Chairman of ...

Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, a grand ayatollah who headed Iran's judiciary during fierce crackdowns on dissidents, journalists and activists, died on Monday at the age of 70 according to the state news agency IRNA. Shahroudi was a student of Iran's revolutionary founder Ruhollah Khomeini who went on to hold some of the most ...

Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: With hotels facing mass cancellations,Iraqis in the holy city of Najaf are being hit hard by US sanctions on neighboring Iran, which have forced cash-strapped pilgrims to stay home. At the city's edge, surrounded by mosaic-covered walls and topped by a golden dome, sits the shrine of Imam Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed ...

Anadolu Agency - Iran on Saturday suspended flights to Iraqs southern city of Najaf amid Iraqi protests over unemployment and lack of basic services. The move was taken as it was not possible to conduct safe flights to Najaf, a spokesman for the Iranian aviation authority, told the semi-official Mehr news agency. "The flights to the Najaf Airport ...

Press TV - At least two people have lost their lives and more than a dozen others sustained injuries in protestsover dire economic conditions in southern Iraq as hundreds of other protesters stormed the airport of the holy city of Najaf and disrupted air traffic temporarily. Authorities in the province of Maysan said on Friday that one protester ...

IRNA An Iraqi source said the explosions heard in Najaf were the result of an electrical wiring fault in an arms depot. The sources told Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) that the explosions took place in an arms depot of a group of armed forces in the suburb of the holy city, Najaf. On Wednesday night, some loud explosions were heard in Najaf ...

Tasnim | M.Mahdi Dorani: The house in which late founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini (RA) resided for more than 13 years in exile, has now turned into a historic site.  

IRNA Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri who is on a three-day official visit to Iraq arrived in Najaf late Thursday. On the second day of his visit to Iraq, he arrived in the sacred city which is home to holy shrine of First Shia Imam, Imam Ali (AS), after holding talks with Iraqi parliament speaker. He was welcomed by governor general ...

IFP - At least two Iranian women have been killed and another injured in a fire at a hotel in the holy city of Najaf in Iraq. The fire started at Al-Nasir Hotel, located in Najafs Old City quarter, which was accommodating Iranian pilgrims. A Farsi report by the IRIB News Agency quoted an official with Irans Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization ...

IRNA The chairman of Najaf Province Council in Iraq Khadhir al-Jabouri called for expansion of economic and tourist ties with Qom Province in Iran. In a meeting with Consul General of Iran in Najaf Hamid Makarem, he urged the Iraqi party to try to facilitate the flights to Najaf for Iranian passengers. Al-Jabouri promised to try his best to ...