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Illustrative: A militiaman of the Kurdistan Freedom Party, an Iranian Kurdish opposition group, stands behind his truck-mounted machine gun near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, September 5, 2016. (Balint Szlanko/AP)
March 4, 2026, 8:22 am
US in talks with Iranian Kurds on potential CIA-backed op for uprising – sources
Groups have asked for support; plan would be to take on Iran’s security forces in west of country, enabling citizen revolt against regime
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A general view of the Iran-Iraq border, August 4, 2009. (AP/Hadi Mizban)
May 21, 2023, 2:20 pm
Iran claims to capture infiltrators linked to Israel
Intelligence minister says group apprehended recently while crossing western border with Iraq
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this image taken from video footage provided by Iranian military on September 29, 2022, missiles launch during an attack targeting the Iraqi Kurdish region. (Iranian military via AP)
November 15, 2022, 10:58 am
At least 1 killed, 8 wounded as Iranian missiles strike northern Iraq
Renewed attack by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets exiled Iranian Kurdish opposition group in Iraq’s Sulimaniyah province
By SAMYA KULLAB
A damaged mansion is shown following an overnight Iranian missile attack in Erbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on March 13, 2022. (Safin Hamed/AFP)
March 13, 2022, 9:42 pm
US State Department denounces ‘outrageous’ Iranian missile attack on Iraq’s Erbil
Baghdad summons Iranian ambassador in protest of ‘flagrant violation of sovereignty’; Kurdish authorities dismiss ‘baseless’ claims of Israeli sites in the area
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An aerial view of the Mandali crossing between Iraq and Iran. The Mandali crossing on the Iranian border is run by the Badr Organisation, an Iraqi movement founded in Iran, port workers, officials and analysts confirmed. An official there boasted to AFP that a border operative can rake in $10,000 per day in bribes, the bulk of which is distributed to the overseeing armed group and complicit officials. (Thaier Al-SUDANI / AFP)
March 31, 2021, 4:17 pm
‘A mafia’ stealing billions: Iran-tied customs-evasion cartel rules Iraq borders
Many of Iraq’s entry points are informally controlled by groups within the Hashed al-Shaabi, a powerful state-sponsored armed network close to Tehran
By Maya Gebeily
People including rescue personnel conduct search and rescue work following a 7.3-magnitude earthquake at Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran's Kermanshah province, November 13, 2017. (AFP/ISNA/POURIA PAKIZEH)
November 13, 2017, 8:44 am
Death toll from Iran-Iraq earthquake climbs to at least 207
1,600 people injured in tremor, felt across region, as rural Iranian region digs out from 7.3 magnitude quake
By Agencies
A group of Iranian paramilitary Basij forces re-enact a riot situation during training in a Revolutionary Guard base in northeastern Tehran, Iran, April 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
June 25, 2016, 7:13 pm
Iranian forces clash with Kurdish separatists
Revolutionary Guard reports unspecified number of casualties in fighting in West Azerbaijan near Iraqi border
By AP
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr speaks during a press conference in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013 (AP/Alaa Al-Marjani)
February 13, 2016, 10:51 am
Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric demands government reforms
Muqtada Al-Sadr’s demands come following PM al-Abadi’s call for a cabinet reshuffle
By AP
Illustrative photo of a US-made Reaper drone. (Dominique Faget/AFP)
August 22, 2015, 4:10 pm
Iran says it shot down foreign spy drone
Officials say aircraft was spotted near Iraqi border. No details given on its origin
By AFP and AP
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at a press conference in Madrid about the Yemeni civil war on April 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
April 20, 2015, 2:29 pm
Iran FM urges ‘regional dialogue,’ resolution of Yemen conflict
In New York Times op-ed, Mohammad Javad Zarif says nuclear program only ‘symptom’ of broader Mideast unrest
By ToI Staff
An American F-4 Phantom (photo credit: US Navy)
December 3, 2014, 2:38 pm
Iran tight-lipped on reported Islamic State airstrike
Despite footage and US confirmation, Tehran won’t confirm it launched attack on jihadist group in Iraq
By AFP
An American F-4 Phantom (photo credit: US Navy)
December 2, 2014, 4:47 pm
US official confirms Iran is bombing Islamic State
Video appears to show Iranian air force F-4 Phantom jet pounding jihadi forces in Iraq
By Stuart Winer
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