In 2018, Iran played a direct role in selecting Iraq’s prime minister, and in 2021, it used violence and political pressure ...

On March 19 2023 in Baghdad, Iran and Iraq signed a security agreement encompassing coordination in protecting the shared border. Under the agreement, the Iraqi government had promised to disarm ...

Fluid alliances A fluid and shifting map of alliances is taking shape in Iraq’s Shi’ite political landscape ahead of the November 2025 parliamentary elections, as Iran adopts an unusually low ...

Esmail Qaani, head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF), traveled to Iraq on May 14. He met with Iraqi National Security Advisor Qasim al Araji after arriving in Baghdad.

Iraq is one of Iran’s last allies in the region, and Iran wants to show its clout in Iraq and pressure Baghdad. BRIGADIER-GENERAL Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards Quds Force.

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN)-- Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday tried to allay Iranian fears over a planned U.S.-Iraq security pact, saying his government would not allow Iraq to become a ...

For the first time, Iran has equipped its proxy forces in Iraq with long-range surface-to-surface missiles, a move that significantly expands the Islamic Republic’s military influence in the ...

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Iran says it has fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles on US-led forces in Iraq in retaliation for the killing of ...

According to Iran’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, the two sides also agreed to follow up on issues such as the settlement of Iranian financial claims and the recognition of Iranian bank guarantees for ...