Butifldrm Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 Prime Minister: American and Iranian officials have assured us that they do not want to go to war 15:44 - 21/05/2019 0 Information / Baghdad ... Between Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi , Tuesday, that US and Iranian officials have assured the Iraqi government not to want to go to war. "The American and Iranian officials have assured us that they do not want to go to war," Abdul Mahdi said during the weekly press conference. "The government's responsibility is to defend Iraq and its people to secure the threat of war." He added that "the government in the transfer of letters between Washington and Tehran and trying to defuse the crisis to benefit from its diplomatic relationship with Tehran and Washington," noting that "all Iraqi forces agree on the importance of finding a solution to the crisis in the region and no one wants to inflame the situation." End 25 T https://www.almaalomah.com/2019/05/21/407511/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6ly410 Posted May 22, 2019 Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 Iraqi PM: Kurdistan, Turkey alternative route for oil exports if US-Iran tensions continue Hiwa Shilani | 10 hours ago https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/04e85c55-3560-44ab-9b39-a6589bbe819e The Strait of Hormuz provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the rest of the world. (Photo: AFP) Iraq Kurdistan Crude Oil Strait of Hormuz Iran A+AA- ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi on Tuesday suggested Baghdad would rely on the Kurdistan Region and Turkey as a substitute to export crude oil as tensions between the United States and Iran intensify. As the standoff between the US and Iran continues, Tehran has warned it would block all oil shipments from its waters, including the strategic Strait of Hormuz, if the US does not ease its sanctions on the country. With one-third of sea-borne oil passing through it daily, the Strait of Hormuz is a strategic and crucial channel between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yota691 Posted May 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 Source: The head of the Iraqi delegation to Tehran and Washington has not been identified Political | 08:26 - 22/05/2019 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi political source close to the Iraqi prime minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, has denied the Iraqi government's decision to appoint a head of its two delegations to be sent to Washington and Tehran. The source told RT: "There is nothing official about the leadership of Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohammed Halbusi delegations, did not specify their members also." The source added that "the delegations will arrange several meetings with Iranian and American officials to reduce tension between them." It is noteworthy that the international media quoted Iraqi sources that the President of the House of Representatives, Mohammed Halbusi, will head the Iraqi delegations to Tehran and Washington. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yota691 Posted May 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 Iran responds to Iraq's mediation with America Editorial date: 2019/5/22 11:50 • 728 times read (International: Euphrates News) The office of Iranian President Hassan Rowhani confirmed that the mediation of a number of countries "does not mean negotiations with America." "The mediation of a number of countries does not mean negotiations with the United States," said Mahmoud Awazi, director of the Iranian president's office. "It does not mean negotiating with America as long as pressure is exerted on us," he added. "We are not mediating, but we are trying to defuse the crisis and reach a truce that gives the parties the chance to reach consensus, and Iraq is a friend of all," Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Tuesday. is over 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butifldrm Posted May 22, 2019 Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 Deputy: America runs terror from Ain al-Assad and challenges parliamentary security 08:53 - 22/05/2019 0 Information / Baghdad .. A member of the House of Representatives Kazem Sayadi, the base of Ain al-Assad west of Anbar, "US hybrid base," noting that US forces are using the base to "manage and guide terrorism," while challenged the parliamentary security committee to enter the base. "The base of Ain al-Assad in Anbar province is a hybrid American base that manages and directs theUnited States through terrorism," Sayadi said in a televised interview . "I challenge the Security and Defense Committee in the House of Representatives to be able to enter the base," he said, stressing that "they will not allow them to enter this rule." On the other hand, Sayadi stressed that "Saudi Arabia and Israel are seeking to fuel the war betweenAmerica and Iran," accusing at the same time Iraqi parties did not call it "pushing for the outbreak of war between America and Iran to eliminate the Islamic Republic." Ending / 25 https://www.almaalomah.com/2019/05/22/407591/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butifldrm Posted May 22, 2019 Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 Iraq aims to ease US-Iran tensions Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said Baghdad will send teams to Tehran and Washington to calm tensions. (File/AFP) Updated 22 May 2019 ARAB NEWS May 21, 201915:48 Iraqi delegations to visit both countries “US and Iranian officials have assured us that they do not want to go to war,” says PM BAGHDAD: Iraq will send delegations to Tehran and Washington over the next few days in an attempt to ease tensions in the region, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Tuesday. “Iraq has conducted high-level contacts (between the US and Iran), and its vision is very close to the European vision to resolve the crisis in the region,” Abdul Mahdi said. “US and Iranian officials have assured us that they do not want to go to war. So we will send delegations to Washington and Tehran.” Tensions started to rise between the two countries after the US withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, otherwise known as the Iran nuclear deal, in May 2018. Since then, the US has imposed economic sanctions on Iran. US President Donald Trump warned on Monday that Iran would be met with “great force” if it attacked American interests in the Middle East. http://www.arabnews.com/node/1500171/middle-east 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butifldrm Posted May 22, 2019 Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 The Iranian army sends pieces from the warship to international waters 14:32 - 22/05/2019 0 Information / Baghdad .. TEHRAN (Reuters) - The Iranian navy's 62nd naval patrol will travel to free international waters in the coming days, the Fars news agency reported on Wednesday. "This intelligence-combat patrol includes the destroyer" Binder ", the" Lavan "logistical vessel and the" Bushehr "logistics vessel, to carry out maritime and security patrol missions and to deal with pirates of the sea, the agency said. "Since 2008, 61 patrols of the Iranian Navy's naval force have been dispatched to free water and the Gulf of Aden to maintain shipping lines for commercial vessels and Iranian oil tankers," she said. https://www.almaalomah.com/2019/05/22/407682/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butifldrm Posted May 22, 2019 Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 Baghdad Post Wednesday, 22 May 2019 11:26 p US senator: Iran ordered attacks on ships and oil pipelines in the Persian Gulf US Sen. Lindsey Graham said senior administration officials told senators in a statement that recent attacks on a number of oil tankers and a pipeline in the Middle East had been ordered by the Iranian government. "They explained to us how the Iranian threat is different from what it was in the past and that the attack on ships and pipelines was coordinated and directed by the Iranian government," Graham told reporters. Count https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/ar/Story/167660/سيناتور-أمريكي-إيران-أمرت-بمهاجمة-السفن-وأنابيب-النفط-في-الخليج-العربي 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yota691 Posted May 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 Iraqi delegation arrives in Tehran and carries an Iraqi initiative to resolve the crisis between America and Iran. Local | 10:28 - 21/05/2019 Baghdad Mawazine News Gulf media confirmed on Tuesday the arrival of an Iraqi political delegation to the Iranian capital of Tehran as part of the mediation between Iran and the United States. According to the sources, an Iraqi official announced the arrival of the delegation to the Iranian capital carrying an Iraqi initiative to mediate between the United States and Iran, without giving further details about the initiative, or members of the delegation. He said Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, on Tuesday, expressed his intention to send delegations to Tehran and Washington, in an effort to end the escalating tensions in Almnt ended tc n 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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