Kurdistan Region

Turkish aircraft bomb 8 villages in Iraqi Kurdistan

TEHRAN, Dec. 19 (MNA) – According to reports, Turkish military aircraft have targeted eight villages in the Iraqi Kurdistan region with bombs on Saturday morning.
2020-12-19 15:43
Iraqi Kurdistan seeks opening of new border with Iran

TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) – The officials from the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and the country’s border crossing authorities have reviewed the opening of a new border crossing with Iran in line with the plans to boost bilateral trades.
2020-12-08 09:59
Iran keen on boosting agricultural coop with Iraqi Kurdistan

TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – The Iranian Consul General in Sulaimaniyah announced Iran's readiness to cooperate with the Kurdistan Region in the fields of agricultural and water projects, especially dam construction projects.
2020-11-29 14:52
Iran ready to help Iraqi Kurdistan in fight against COVID-19

TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) – Iranian Consul-General in Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah, Mehdi Shoushtari voiced Iran’s readiness to help Iraqi Kurdistan Region in the battle against coronavirus.
2020-07-28 05:00
Strong relations with all Iraqis cornerstone of Iran's policy

TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that strong relations with all Iraqis remain a cornerstone of Iran's policy.
2020-07-20 19:41
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Fall in oil price put Kurdistan Region's economy at serious risk: politician

TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA) – A parliamentary member of the Iraqi Kurdistan region’s Natural Resources Commission believes that the immediate and effective solution to prevent the economic bankruptcy of the region is a wise agreement with the central government.
2020-04-26 01:00
Iran, Iraqi Kurdistan Region discuss trade relations

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – Consul General of Iran Mehdi Shoushtari met and held talks with governor of Sulaymaniyah Haval Abubakir on Sunday evening on the trade relations.
2020-04-20 11:22
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US to set up 4 military bases in Iraqi Kurdistan region: report

TEHRAN, Jan. 18 (MNA) – The US is due to set up four military bases in Iraq's Kurdistan Region, said the report.
2020-01-18 13:16
Iraq’s KRG, gateway to Iran’s presence in lucrative Iraqi, Syrian markets

TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – The Secretary General of Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce Seyyed Hamid Hosseini said that Iraqi’s Kurdistan Regional Government is a gateway for the presence of Iran in lucrative Iraqi and Syrian markets.
2019-12-02 18:42
Iranian envoy, KSDP leader hold talks in Sulaymaniyah

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Iranian Consul-General in Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah, Mehdi Shoushtari, and the leader of the Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party (KSDP), Mohammed Haji Mahmoud, met on Thursday to discuss bilateral ties and international developments.
2019-08-09 10:14
At least 1 person killed in Erbil shooting

TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) – Reports from the Iraqi Kurdistan media says that in a shooting in a restaurant in capital Erbil against the staff of the Turkish consulate there one person was killed.
2019-07-17 16:58
Over $1bn worth of goods transited via Kurdistan’s Bashmaq border crossing this year

TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) – Director General of Kurdistan province Customs Office Bakhtiar Rahmanipour said on Tue. that more than $1 billion worth of goods was transited from Kurdistan’s Bashmaq border crossing in the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2019).
2019-07-09 15:54
Sulaymaniyah governor stresses stepped-up Iran-KRG economic ties

TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) – Governor of Iraqi Kurdistan region’s Sulaymaniyah Province Haval Abubakir has called for expansion of trade and economic relations between the Kordestan province of Iran the Kurdistan regional government of Iraq.
2019-07-05 19:45
By: Arian Nasrollahi

Iran’s Kurdistan Nomads

SANANDAJ, Jun. 16 (MNA) –Nomads of Kurdistan province, west of Iran move from their winter resort locations to summer grazing lands with their animals and move back to their winter resort locations again when it gets cold in annual or seasonal migration.
2019-06-16 14:59
Zarif leaves for Baghdad

TEHRAN, Jan. 13 (MNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif left Tehran for Baghdad today to hold meetings and talks with senior Iraqi officials.
2019-01-13 15:00
Iranian producer, film editor picked for Duhok jury

Tehran, Oct 16, IRNA – An acclaimed Iranian producer and film editor Mastaneh Mohajer was selected to serve on the panel of jury of the 2018 Duhok International Film Festival in Iraq's Kurdistan region.
2018-10-17 11:23
Iran-Iraqi Kurdistan border trade to double

TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – Morteza Ebadi, the Consulate General of Iran to Erbil and the Governor General of Erbil Province Nawzad Hadi Mawlood vowed to increase the volume of trade between Iran and Erbil by two times.
2018-08-14 19:37
By: Mobin Paymankar

‘Hetaw’ Intl. festival in Sanandaj

TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) – The 4th edition of International Hetaw (Persian: heat from the sun) festival was held in the western city of Sanandaj, Kurdistan province. The theme of the festival is songs and poetry in praise of holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him). It attracted different religious singers and poets from across Iran as well as Iraqi Kurdistan region.
2018-07-21 21:24
Iran protests to Erbil for letting terrorists crossing borders

TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) – Iranian Consulate General in Erbil delivered a formal protest letter of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the officials of the local government of KRG in Erbil.
2018-06-13 09:48
Iraqi Kurdistan PM Barzani thanks Iran for helps to Kurdistan

TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (MNA) – Iraqi Kurdistan PM Nechirvan Barzani met Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif in Munich on the sidelines of the 2018 Munich Security Conference and extended gratitude for Iran’s helps to Iraqi Kurdistan.
2018-02-18 20:35
Kurdistan university students to be dispatched to Spain

TEHRAN, Feb. 15 (MNA) – Students at the University of Kurdistan will be sent to Spain’s University of Jaén (Universidad de Jaén) within the framework of ‘research grant’ in the next Iranian calendar year in 1397 (to start March 21, 2018).
2018-02-15 17:59
Iraqi Kurdistan to pose no threat against Iran: Nechirvan Barzani

TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani received Nechirvan Barzani of Iraqi Kurdistan on Sunday in Tehran where Barzani reassured the Iranian side that the KRG homes no anti-Iran threat.
2018-01-21 15:34
KRG parliament speaker resigns after anti-corruption protests

TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) – After days of protests staged all across Kurdish regions of northern Iraq, the Speaker of the regional parliament Yousef Muhammed resigned on Tuesday.
2017-12-26 16:08
Kurd protesters call Iraqi Kurdistan government corrupt

TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – Local reports are recounting that the residents of Iraqi Kurdistan are angry with the KRG establishment for what they call corruption and mismanagement.
2017-12-23 19:43
Protests in Iraqi Kurdistan enter second day

TEHRAN, Dec. 19 (MNA) – Angry protesters have reportedly torched offices of the five main political parties around the region including Barzani’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Sulaymaniyah province.
2017-12-19 18:24
Iran to re-open borders to Iraqi Kurdistan

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) –Iranian Interior Minister Rahmani Fazli told the media that after the stabilization of situation in Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran will open the border gates to the region in the next couple of days.
2017-12-17 21:33
Iran, Turkey foiled Israeli plot in N Iraq: Larijani

TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) – Iran-Turkey cooperating in preserving Iraqi territorial integrity was very important, says Ali Larijani, the Iranian Parliament Speaker in his meeting with his Turkish counterpart İsmail Kahraman on Tuesday.
2017-11-21 20:42
Netanyahu disrupting ME for his own interests: KRG rep. in Tehran

TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) – The KRG rep. in Tehran, Nazim Dabbagh, says that Netanyahu is after disrupting and dividing the region to gain his own advantages and harness his own interests.
2017-10-28 19:26
Most Kurds after united Iraq: Velayati

TEHRAN, Oct. 25 (MNA) – Iranian former foreign minister Velayati says that referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan was a mistake from very beginning as most of Iraqis support unity.
2017-10-25 18:05
Baghdad to retake Erbil faster than Kirkuk: Amir-Abdollahian

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament's General Director for International Affairs Amir-Abdollahian posted on his Twitter account on Wednesday that a united Iraq is so close.
2017-10-18 18:43