TEHRAN, October 7 - Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi warns the United States and the Israeli regime are behind a “dangerous and treasonous” plot to partition Iraq, following an independence referendum held in the Arab country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
TEHRAN, October 7 - Sadeq Maleki, senior political analyst from Iran, answered the questions of Mehr News, on the occasion of Wednesday visit of Erdogan to Tehran.
TEHRAN, October 6 - The Chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri warned in case Iraq’s Kurdistan’s referendum issue is not settled, it would lead to several-decade conflict in the region.
TEHRAN, October 5 - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged leaders of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region to fix their mistakes, stressing that Turkey and Iraq are obligated to take necessary steps to prevent any change in the region’s political borders.
TEHRAN, October 2 - A senior Iranian official says the recent secession plebiscite held in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region will help boost Takfiri terrorism across region while jeopardizing the interests of both the Iraqi and Kurdish people.
TEHRAN, October 2 - Kurdish security forces known as Asayesh and Peshmerga fighters have deported scores of Arab and Turkmen families from Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk following last week’s referendum on secession.
TEHRAN, October 1- Iran’s Ministry of Roads and Urban Development has warned companies against shipment of oil products to and from the Iraqi Kurdistan “until further notice,” Iranian news agencies reported on Saturday.
TEHRAN, September 30 - Iraq says it will be taking control of the borders of its northern Kurdistan region — which has voted controversially to break away from the country — in coordination with Iran and Turkey.
TEHRAN, September 30 - The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has refused to relinquish control of its border crossings to the Iraqi government as Arab-Kurd tensions simmer in light of Monday’s referendum on the independence of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region from the rest of the Iraqi territory.
TEHRAN, September 30 - The United States does not officially recognize a unilateral independence referendum held by the Iraqi Kurdish region, says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
TEHRAN, September 30- Iran’s prominent Sunni cleric Molavi Abdul Hamid has voiced his objection to the potential secession of the northern Kurdistan region from Iraqi mainland, urging the Kurdish people to maintain their unity.
TEHRAN, September 28 - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says his country’s military forces will not hesitate to give a stinging response to a national security threat on the border with Iraq in reaction to Monday’s referendum on independence of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
TEHRAN, September 28 - Iran does not place any value on the self-proclaimed sovereignty of any party and group over northern Iraqi territories, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces said, stressing that Tehran recognizes only a unified Iraq with the current legal common borders.
TEHRAN, September 28 - Iran will remain an eternal friend of Kurds despite their recent vote to split from Iraq, Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said in New York on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, September 28 - The military brass of Iran and Iraq have met and held talks amid a controversial referendum in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
TEHRAN, September 27 -The independence referendum in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region, which was held in defiance of international calls to scrap it, continues to draw criticism from governments around the world.
TEHRAN, September 27 - Iranian lawmakers deplored Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s action on holding an independence referendum, reiterating that separatist measures damage Iraq and the entire region.
TEHRAN, September 27 - Lebanon said it plans to halt flights by its flagship carrier airline to Iran’s Kurdish region from Friday in a major sign that may show an international air traffic embargo called by Iraq against the region is already being put into place.
TEHRAN, September 26 - A senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on international affairs said President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (KRG) Massoud Barzani is a middleman for Zionists, who seeks to implement their plans for the division of Muslim states.