TEHRAN, September 21 - The United Nations Security Council has voted for a resolution that authorizes an investigation team to collect evidence on the atrocities committed by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Iraq.
TEHRAN, September 21 - Foreign Ministers of Iran, Iraq and Turkey issued a statement on Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s referendum as they met in New York, showing strong opposition to the process.
TEHRAN, September 20 - Hundreds of people in Iraq’s northeastern city of Sulaymaniyah have staged a rally to voice their opposition to Kurdistan region’s upcoming referendum on seceding from the Arab country.
TEHRAN, September 20 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region with sanctions in case it goes ahead with plans to hold an independence referendum.
TEHRAN, September 19 - Iraqi police have imposed a curfew in the northern city of Kirkuk, which witnessed skirmishes between Kurds and Turkmen days before a controversial Kurdish referendum on independence from the mainland.
TEHRAN, September 19 - Iraqi army soldiers, backed by allied fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, have fully liberated a village in the country’s beleaguered western province of Anbar from the grip of Daesh terrorist group as operations continue to win back the militant-held areas there.
TEHRAN, September 18 - Iran said that it has been generating sufficient electricity throughout summer and is able to meet a considerable amount of Iraq’s power needs without any shortage problem inside.
TEHRAN, September 17 - Secretary of Iranian Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said that the country only recognizes Iraqi federal government.
TEHRAN, September 16 - The parliament of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region approved a plan on Friday to hold a referendum on independence on Sept. 25, ignoring opposition from Baghdad and the wider region as well as Western concerns that the vote could spark fresh conflict.
TEHRAN, September 14 - The Iraqi parliament has voted to dismiss the governor of the northern oil-rich province of Kirkuk after the provincial council voted to take part in the upcoming Kurdish independence referendum irrespective of the central government’s strong opposition to the planned vote.
TEHRAN, September 14 - Iraqi security and medical sources say at least 50 people, including three Iranian pilgrims, have lost their lives in twin gun and car bomb attacks striking the country’s southern province of Dhi Qar.
TEHRAN, September 14 - Iraqi lawmakers have slammed a visit by the leader of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to the Iraqi oil-rich city of Kirkuk.
TEHRAN, September 12 - Secretary of Iranian Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said that holding referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan region is not lawful.
TEHRAN, September 10 - Turkish troops have killed almost 100 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) during operations in the country’s southeast regions.
TEHRAN, September 5 - A special aide to Iran’s parliament speaker warned against the consequences of a planned independence referendum in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, saying it would give rise to a new crisis in the Arab country.
TEHRAN, September 5 - Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council said on Sunday that Iraq’s successive victories against terrorists have astonished the world.
TEHRAN, September 4 - A senior Iranian official has called on Iraqi Kurdish leaders to forgo a planned referendum for secession, warning that a possible breakup of the Arab country could have grave consequences for the security of the region.