Iran-Iraq relations

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Iran, Iraq consider killing US dollar in bilateral trades: ambassador
ByMichael Armstrong August 9, 2019

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – In line with the efforts to boost the economic ties between Iran and Iraq, the two neighboring countries are considering ways to include local currencies in their bilateral trades to reduce reliance on US dollar, says the Iraqi ambassador to Tehran. Sa’d Javad Ghandil said Friday that the two neighbors…

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Iran Declares War on the US’s Covert Influence in Iraq
ByMichael Armstrong July 17, 2019

When US officials visited Baghdad and met with the Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, they had two requests: first, to close all commerce and financial exchanges with Iran to strangle the Iranian economy and bring it to its knees. The second was to neutralize the Iraqi groups (known as Hashd al-Shaabi) which sympathize with…

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