Iran backs development of peace, stability in Iraq

TEHRAN (defapress) – Washington once again exempted Iraq from its sanctions against the Islamic Republic, allowing the Arab country to continue gas and electricity imports from Iran for another four-month period.

TEHRAN(defapress) – Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi highlighted the Islamic Republic’s support to the development of peace and security as well as economic progress in neighboring Iraq.

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed a Palestinian citizen and wounded dozens others on the 77th Friday of the Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip.

TEHRAN (defapress)- The American officials had claimed that a hot summer is waiting for Iraq and the recent unrests in the country can be seen to be in line with the same schemes, a Lebanese newspaper wrote, adding that the Iraqi government had prepared special plans to counter them.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey will carry out a military air and ground operation east of the Euphrates in Syria.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi called on lawmakers to support him to reshuffle cabinet posts and urged calm after three days of unrest rocked the country.

TEHRAN (defapress) – An Afghan Taliban delegation will visit Pakistan Wednesday, the insurgent group said, the latest stop on a tour of regional powers after an Afghanistan peace process broke down.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Five people were injured in a fire that broke out at a new high-speed train station in Saudi Arabia's Western city of Jeddah on Sunday, state television and the kingdom’s civil defence service reported, with huge palls of smoke seen rising into the air.

TEHRAN (defapress) – According to local media quoting the Syrian government, the Bukamal-Qaem border crossing with Iraq, in the southeast of the Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, will be reopened on Monday.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces said three Saudi military brigades were completely destroyed after Yemeni forces mounted a large-scale military offensive in the kingdom’s southern border region of Najran.