Press TV - High-ranking Iranian and Azeri military officials have discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the two neighboring countries in the defense sector. The first meeting of Iran-Azerbaijan Joint Defense Commission was held in the Azeri capital of Baku on Tuesday with the participationof a high-ranking delegation from Irans Defense ...

Press TV- 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. The Iraqi Defense Ministry said on Friday that the implementation of the central governments decisions to take over all of Kurdistans border posts and ...

[caption id="attachment_102507" align="alignright" width="213"] Members of the Iraqi security forces patrol an area near the borders between Karbala Province and Anbar Province, June 16, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed[/caption] The Iraqi army has launched attacks on the ISIL Takfiri militants in the areas around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad,...

[caption id="attachment_107999" align="alignright" width="157"] Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan in a message on Tuesday congratulated his Iraqi counterpart Khaled al-Obeidi on his election to the post. "I hope that we will witness swift repulsion ...

BAGHDAD, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Iraqi officials gave contradictory accounts on Tuesday about whether or not Baghdad had agreed to buy $195 million worth of arms and ammunition from Iran as reported by Reuters, a deal that if confirmed could damage Iraqi-U.S. relations. The Defence Ministry denied any such deal had been done, while a senior Iraqi government ...