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29. Jan. 2009 · Shortly after the onset of the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988, the Iraqi government began to woo the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) as potential leverage in its war effort. The Kurdish factor has also been an important determinant of Iran’s regional foreign policy in the past three decades.
12. Sept. 2023 · BAGHDAD, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Iraq has started relocating Iranian Kurdish groups from Iraq's Kurdish region frontiers with Iran to camps far from the border as part of a security...
27. Nov. 2022 · Iran accuses the Iraq-based Iranian Kurds of supporting the anti-government protests that have engulfed the country since mid-September, spurred by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini....
- What Are Iran’s Interests in Iraq?
- Is There Domestic Resistance to Iran’s Influence?
- How Strong Are Ties Outside of Politics?
- What Does The Relationship Mean For The United States and Other Powers?
- What’s The Outlook For The Relationship?
Iran has been deeply involved in Iraqi politics since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003. More than a dozen Iraqi political parties have ties to Iran, which funds and trains paramilitary groups aligned with these parties. Some paramilitary groups under the umbrella of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces have pledged allegiance to Iran’s sup...
Iran’s meddling was one cause of widespread anti-government demonstrations that began in Iraq in 2019, when protesters denounced Tehran for propping up the corrupt system of government established in the post-Saddam era and condemned repression by Iran-backed militias. It also contributed to the political infighting that has prevented Iraqfrom form...
The countries have inextricable ties by virtue of religion, culture, and geography. “You simply cannot move Iraq and Iran apart,” Iraqi President Barham Salih said at a CFR event in 2021. Both are majority Shiite Muslim countries with large Kurdish populations, and they share a thousand-mile border that sees an estimated ten million crossings annua...
Since the end of its eight-year occupation of Iraq, the United States has sought a strong Iraqi government that can withstand threats to its sovereignty, including those from Iran, and that Washington can maintain friendly relations with. Preserving U.S. access to Iraq’s vast energy resources is also a priority; though Iraq’s federal government inv...
Iran has been engulfed in anti-government protests since late September, with some experts likening the unrest to that which preceded the country’s 1979 revolution. If the protests provoke a significant change in the country’s governance, that could transform its involvement in Iraq. More immediately, ties could grow tighter if Sudani succeeds in f...
28. Aug. 2023 · Tehran, Iran – Iran says it has reached an agreement with Iraq to disarm and relocate Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq within weeks. Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Nasser...
4. Okt. 2022 · Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps bombarded opposition bases in the semiautonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq on Tuesday, the latest in a string of attacks against Kurdish groups that Iran...
22. Apr. 2023 · Although both sides maintained some relations with each other as reflected in cross-border movement of goods, the deep political fissure between Iran and Iraq made any meaningful relations between the two countries, even in the Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, extremely difficult.
