At least 74 people have been killed in a series of attacks across Iraq, including the capital, Baghdad, officials say. The officials said on Thursday that the death toll from the new wave of attacks claimed the lives of 74 people a day earlier. Wednesday became the bloodiest day in the country in more than seven months. In the deadliest incident,...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Twenty-six people died across Iraq on Tuesday, according to medical and security officials. Fourteen people died in a single car bomb attack in Eastern Baghdad which set other cars on fire and blasted through storefronts, 45 were wounded in the blast, Reuters reported. A further three were killed in a the Western province of Anbar ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital, killing at least 38 people, police said, militants pursued a campaign to provoke intercommunal conflict. Eight of the 10 blasts in Baghdad were in mainly Shiite districts, but there was also an explosion in a mixed area and another in the predominantly Sunni Muslim neighborhood of Doura. In ...

The chairman of Irans Expediency Council says the recent terrorist attacks in Iraq stem from the enemies hostility toward the Iraqi people and are aimed at undermining national unity in the country. Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said in a Saturday meeting with Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar Hakim that the enemies of Iraq ...

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham has described as inhuman the recent wave of deadly bombings and explosions across violence-stricken Iraq. The Islamic Republic of Iran condemns the crimes which are aimed at hurting Iraqs national unity and considers them unjustifiable, said the Iranian diplomat on Wednesday. We hope that the Iraqi ...

More than 800 people were killed in Iraq as a result of violence in the month of August, the United Nations mission in the country says. The UN said on Sunday that 807 people, including Iraqi civilians and security forces, had been killed in August. Another 2,000 people were reportedly injured in the same month. According to the report, the Iraqi ...

[caption id="attachment_37164" align="alignright" width="210"] Iraqis inspect the site of a car bomb attack in the Al-Haq Square in Samarra, on July 5, 2013.[/caption] A Europe-based Middle East expert insists that Saudi Arabia is the key sponsor of massive al-Qaeda-linked terror campaign in Iraq and Syria with full knowledge and backing of the US....

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, an Al-Qaeda front group, claimed responsibility for the deadly string of attacks that shattered Iraq on Saturday, killing about 80 people and leaving over 200 wounded. "The Islamic State mobilized...in Baghdad and the Southern states and others to convey a quick message of deterrence on the ...

Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi has strongly condemned the recent terrorist attacks in Iraq, calling on regional countries to mount their efforts to counter such an ominous phenomenon. Sixty-nine people were killed and 200 others wounded in a series of car bombs in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, when Iraqis were celebrating Eid al-Fitr ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi security force on Sunday launched a major offensive against insurgent groups in the Western and Northwestern parts of the country after a wave of bombings killed and wounded hundreds of people. Commander in Chief of Iraqi Armed Forces and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki signed commands of a major security strike in Iraq's Western ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEICriticalThreats Project Iran AnalystWill Fulton and Iran Intern Amir Toumaj, with contributor Mary Ella Simmons. Politics Some of Ayatollah Ali Khameneis recentfatwasregard obeying thevelayat-e faghih,trading with Israeli companies, purchasing ...

Iran has strongly condemned the deadly wave of terrorist attacks across Iraq, warning that they are aimed at fuelling sectarian strife in the Muslim world. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the spread of terrorist activities in Iraq. He said the recent attacks have been carried out by terrorist ...

(AhlulBaytNewsAgency) - Karbala Police imposed tightened security measures on background of the series of bombings that hit Baghdad and a number of other provinces this morning. Karbala Police media Director, Col. Ahmed Omran said "Karbala Police took intensified measures in fear of expected bombings similar to those swept Baghdad and some provinces ...

(Reuters) - The number of people killed in militant attacks acrossIraqreached 761 in June, lower than the multi-year high hit the previous month, theUnited Nationssaid on Monday. More than 1,000 people were killed in violence inIraqduring May, making it the deadliest month since the height of sectarian bloodletting in 2006-07. Violence is still ...

[caption id="attachment_30576" align="alignright" width="210"] Irans Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi[/caption] Iran Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has called on the Iraqi government to provide security for Iranian pilgrims visiting holy sites in the country. In a telephone conversation with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari on Monday, Salehi ...

Irans Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has called on the Iraqi government to provide security for the Iranian pilgrims visiting this country. Condemning the latest terrorist attack against Iranian pilgrims in Iraq on Saturday, Larijani urged Baghdad to take necessary measures to counter thugs and terrorist groups in the country. Sixteen Iranian pilgrims ...

[caption id="attachment_31666" align="alignright" width="240"] Iraqi soldiers patrol after a bomb damaged a bus carrying Iranian religious tourists in Karbala, southwest of Baghdad. (File photo)[/caption] Iran news headlines on Saturday include FM spokesman condemnation of terrorist attack against Iranian pilgrims in Iraq; supreme leader reaffirmation ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEICriticalThreats Project Iran AnalystWill Fulton and Iran Intern Amir Toumaj.   Politics Supreme Leader AyatollahAli Khameneimet with military officials, Islamic country representatives and some matyr families and addressed the needs ...

[caption id="attachment_31666" align="alignright" width="240"] Iraqi soldiers patrol after a bomb damaged a bus carrying Iranian religious tourists in Karbala, southwest of Baghdad. (File photo)[/caption] Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned Friday's deadly terrorist attack against Iranian pilgrims in Iraq. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas ...

(Reuters) - Suicide bombers smashed their cars into a bus full ofIranian Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims and a police checkpoint in Iraq on Friday, killing at least 17 people. Al Qaeda's local wing and other Sunni insurgents have been on the offensive in an attempt - spurred in part by the mainly Sunni rebellion in neighbouringSyria- to provoke the kind of ...