Iraq will not be negatively affected by the weakening of Iran's influence in the Middle East, Iraq's deputy parliament speaker said, with Baghdad looking to chart its own diplomatic path in the region and limit the power of armed groups.

Iran holds tremendous sway inside Iraq despite the presence of US troops, setting up a tug-of-war for the incoming Trump administration.

This is important for Iran because it recently lost Syria as an ally.The IRNA report in Iranian media that highlighted the Iraqi president’s comments noted: “Both countries have numerous communities,

Iran has never forgiven the US President for assassinating their top general and has made previous threats to avenge his death.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s electricity ministry on Friday said that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani had “positive” discussions with the Iranian side regarding the resumption of suspended gas exports.

Baghdad and Erbil will form a joint delegation to go to Iran and search for the children who went missing in Halabja after the 1988 chemical attack, a Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) minister said on Thursday.

The planned end of the U.S.-led coalition's mission by September 2025 introduces uncertainty about Iraq's security stability.

Iran's Minister of Energy and Iraq's Minister of Electricity and Energy met to discuss electricity exchange and the export of technical and engineering services in the power sector. According to Iran's Ministry of Energy,

Bill is joined by show regular Edmund Fitton-Brown to discuss Edmund's latest analysis for FDD's Long War Journal: The role of Iraqi Shia militias as proxies in Iran’s Axis of Resistance.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Monday he would sign a bilateral security deal with Britain as well as a strategic partnership accord as he headed to London for an official visit against a backdrop of historic shifts in the Middle East.

Thousands of Shiite pilgrims are marching in Iraq dressed in black, heading on foot toward the golden twin-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the northwestern Baghdad district of al-Kadhimiyah

Iran is experiencing a systemic energy crisis. While many times in the past, Iran has had gas shortages or refined product shortages, this time Iran is undergoing an energy meltdown, with parallel sho