Baghdad
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Rocket attack targets Baghdad's Green Zone
TEHRAN, Mar. 26 (MNA) –A rocket attack targeted the Green Zone in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a government source said.
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Katyusha rockets hit base housing US troops near Baghdad: Report
TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – Two Americans and a British personnel are killed after over a dozen Katyusha rockets hit a military base housing American troops near the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a report says.
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Gen. Soleimani master of Axis of Resistance’s martyrs: Nasrallah
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement Hassan Nasrallah praised the bravery and self-sacrifices of the martyred Iranian anti-terror commander, Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani, calling him the master of the martyrs of the axis of resistance.
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Iraqis’ anti-US rallies
TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) – Protesters have taken to the streets of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, for a million-man rally to call for an end to the military presence of the United States in their country.
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VIDEO: Aerial footage of Baghdad's anti-US rally
TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) – Aerial footages show the massive turnout of the Iraqi people, who are holding anti-US rallies in Baghdad in the wake of the US assassination of top Iranian and Iraqi commanders.
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VIDEO: Huge turnout in Baghdad's anti-US rally
TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) – Major crowds have gathered in the Iraqi capital Baghdad to denounce US military presence in the country.
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Iraqi people hold massive anti-US rally in Baghdad
TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) – Millions of Iraqi people have convened in the capital city of Baghdad to deplore the US military presence in the country.
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Rockets hit Baghdad's Green Zone, base hosting US troops: reports
TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) – An explosion has rocked Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, where the US Embassy is located. Some reports indicate that a rocket was fired, targeting the area.
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Abdul Mahdi joins mourners of martyred IRGC Quds chief, PMU deputy
TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) – Iraqi caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi took part in the ongoing funeral processions in Kazemein for Iran’s Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani and Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Unit deputy Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and six others, who were killed in a US terrorist attack in Baghdad.
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Funeral processions of Gen. Soleimani, al-Muhandis begin in Kazemein
TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) – The funeral processions of the commander of Iran’s IRGC Quds Force, Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani, and Iraq’s Hashd al-Sah’abi deputy Mahdi al-Muhandis started in the holy Iraqi city of Kazemein on Saturday morning.
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PMU dismisses reports of its leaders’ assassination in N Baghdad
TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) – Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) has rejected earlier reports which claimed that some PMU leaders have been assassinated in an airstrike on Saturday in North Baghdad.
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Two-car convoy of PMU officials targeted in air attack N Baghdad: report
TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) – According to Iraqi media, a two-car convoy carrying some officials of Public Mobilization Units (PMU) has reportedly been hit in an airstrike in northern Baghdad.
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Iran condemns Germany remarks on assassination of Gen. Soleimani
TEHRAN, Jan. 03 (MNA) – Iran has strongly condemned the German government’s remarks in support of the US assassination of Major General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
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Rouhani condemns US 'criminal' act, vows revenge
TEHRAN, Jan. 03 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that Iran and other independent countries of the region will take revenge on the ‘criminal’ US for assassinating Gen. Soleimani.
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US helicopters violate Green Zone rules in Baghdad
TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) – American combat helicopters flew continuously over the Green Zone in Baghdad on Thursday, under the pretext of protecting the US embassy in the capital, Baghdad.
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Iran summons Swiss envoy to protest against US’ warmongering
TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – Tehran has summoned the Swiss ambassador, whose country represents US interests in Iran, to protest against Washington’s recent measures in Iraq and the American officials' anti-Iran remarks.
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Protesters convene for second day of sit-in at US embassy in Baghdad
TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – Hundreds of protesters surrounded the United States embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday for the second consecutive day to demand an end to Washington’s "intervention" in the country.
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Iraq’s PMU a key check and balance against US-sponsored terrorism: Cartalucci
TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – Anthony Cartalucci, Bangkok- based geopolitical researcher, says Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) play an undeniably significant role in foiling the US’ plots in the country as the forces have many “homefield” advantages over America and its proxies.
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Trump says does not want, foresee war with Iran
TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – US President Donald Trump says he does not foresee a war with Iran over the situation in Iraq, claiming that the US marines have handled the situation well.
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Pentagon deploying extra troops to Baghdad after attack by protesters
TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – US Defense Secretary Mark Esper has said that the United States is sending additional troops to Baghdad to provide security for the American embassy there following an attack by protesters.
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US security forces injure above 60 Iraqi protesters
TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – American security forces injured more than 60 Iraqis who were protesting in front of the US embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday.
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US senator claims Iran had role in Baghdad embassy storming
TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – In line with the hawkish policies of the United States against the Islamic Republic, Floridan Senator Marco Rubio has put the blame on Iran for the ongoing protests by angry Iraqi demonstrators against the US embassy in Iraq.
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VIDEO: Violence erupts around US embassy in Baghdad
TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – According to Iraqi media, tear gas have been fired at protestors in front of the US embassy in Iraq in a bid to push them back. Iraqis are angry with the recent US forces’ attack at PMU bases which left 25 Iraqis martyred and dozens injured.
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VIDEO: US embassy in Baghdad surrounded by angry protesters
TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – In their reaction to US airstrikes to Iraq and targeting positions of Iraqi’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), numerous Iraqi citizens gathered outside the US Embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone on Tue., protesting against the latest airstrikes by the American military in the country.
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VIDEO: Iraqis protest in front of US embassy in Baghdad
TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – Hundreds of Iraqi protesters gathered in front of the US embassy in Baghdad following US Sunday airstrikes on Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU). Some reports say the protesters attempted to storm the embassy.
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Hundreds of Iraqis gather outside US Embassy in Baghdad to protest against airstrikes
TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – In their reaction to US airstrikes to Iraq and targeting positions of Iraqi’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), numerous Iraqi citizens gathered outside the US Embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone on Tue., protesting against the latest airstrikes by the American military in the country.
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Iranian parliament discusses Iraq development in a session with diplomats
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) – The vice-chairman of Parliament National Security Committee said Mon. that in session the recent developments in Iraq were discussed with the participation of Iran consulate general in Iraqi holy city of Najaf Hamid Makarem Shirazi.
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VIDEO: S Arabia's role in inciting Iraqis against govt.
TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – A young woman has been filmed distributing banknotes among motorcyclists urging them to take part in the protests in Baghdad's Liberation square.
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Russia casts doubt on US claim of ISIL chieftain Baghdadi's death
TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – "If ISIL chief al-Baghdadi is dead, Trump has made a big contribution to fighting terrorism," according to the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman.
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Al-Nujaba movement blames US for recent unrest in Iraq
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) – Iraq's Islamic Resistance Movement Al-Nujaba has issued a statement saying the United States is behind the corruption and chaos in the country.
