IRNA Karbala police refused gossips regarding conflict between Iranian and Iraqi citizens. Iraqi police in statement on Sunday dismissed news released by Al Sharqiya TV which has Ba'athist and Saudi orientation. No accident has been reported and the Iraqi police have the right to follow up these rumors, the statement reads. Karbala police urged ...

MNA Iran's Deputy FM Ghashghavi has announced that DNA tests arerequired to identify corpses of martyred pilgrims in Hilla bombing incident. Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Iranian Affairs HassanGhashghavi made the remarks adding "except forearlierannouncements on Friday, no fresh news is available on exact death ...

Yasouj, Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad Prov., Oct 6, IRNA A senior official at the Organization for Mobilization of Oppressed (Basij) said that necessary measures have been adopted on Iranian borders, including the southern and northwestern borders, for safe travel of Arbaeen pilgrims. ecessary security measures have been taken to ensure safe travel of pilgrims ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Iranian Affairs Hassan Ghashghavi announced that the nationals seeking to participate in Arbaeen mourning ceremony in Iraq are required to have visas. Speaking among reporters on Saturday, Ghashghavi said the Iranian side has always stressed the abolition of ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization is fully prepared to dispatch more than two million pilgrims to Iraqs holy cities during the upcoming Arbaeen ceremony in November, a senior official at the organization said. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency on Saturday, Mohsen Nezafati said the organization started registration of pilgrims ...

Tehran, December 1,The Iran Project Amid the most widespread and hideous threats by ISIS militants, Arbaeen massive rally is now underway and a huge crowd of Shia Muslims from across the world walk along 80-kilometer-long road from Najaf and the cities around to Karbala. With the security threats in Iraq on the eve of Arbaeen, the massive influx ...

[caption id="attachment_129818" align="alignright" width="156"] Flags of Iran & Iraq[/caption] Baghdad, Feb 23, IRNA Iraqi Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Adil Fahd al-Sharshab called his country's relations with Iran 'excellent', saying even terrorist acts have not been able to prevent pilgrims from travelling between the two countries. Speaking ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli announced that the country plans to highly increase the capacity for providing services for 1.5 million pilgrims traveling to the holy city of Karbala for the next Arbaeen mourning processions. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a Sunday meeting held to study the quality of ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) Ali Larijani, the speaker of Irans Parliament, pointed to the terrorist crisis in the region and emphasized that close cooperation between Iraq and Iran is needed to counter terrorism. In a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart, Larijani expressed his gratitude for Salim al-Jabouri's acceptance of the invitiation ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst Mehrdad Moarefian, with contributors Chris Rawlins, Marie Donovan, Warren Marshall, and Dianna Timmerman. To receive this daily newsletter, please subscribe online. Key takeaway:IRGC Quds Force Commander Qassem ...