TEHRAN, September 28 - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says his country’s military forces will not hesitate to give a stinging response to a national security threat on the border with Iraq in reaction to Monday’s referendum on independence of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
TEHRAN, September 28 - Iran will remain an eternal friend of Kurds despite their recent vote to split from Iraq, Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said in New York on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, September 27 -The independence referendum in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region, which was held in defiance of international calls to scrap it, continues to draw criticism from governments around the world.
TEHRAN, September 27 - Iranian lawmakers deplored Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s action on holding an independence referendum , reiterating that separatist measures damage Iraq and the entire region.
TEHRAN, September 26 - A senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on international affairs said President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (KRG) Massoud Barzani is a middleman for Zionists, who seeks to implement their plans for the division of Muslim states.
TEHRAN, September 26 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Massoud Barzani, the president of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), that the current push for the independence of the KRG could spark an “ethnic war” in northern Iraq.
TEHRAN, September 26 - Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said the country is against any change in geographical borders in the Middle Eastern countries.
TEHRAN, September 26 - Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said that I areal is behind plots on holding Iraq’s Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) referendum .
TEHRAN, September 25 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said that any move against ‘territorial integrity’ of Iraqi government is wrong.
TEHRAN, September 25 - Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) announced that the country has closed its airspace to all aircraft operating flights to and from Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region at the request of the Arab country’s central government.
TEHRAN, September 25 - Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region head is holding an independence referendum despite strong objections from the central government in Baghdad and in defiance of urgent calls from the international community to scrap the vote plan.
TEHRAN, September 24 - There are conflicting reports as to whether a referendum on possible secession of the Iraqi Kurdistan on Monday will go ahead as planned after several regional officials warned the vote could have serious consequences.
TEHRAN, September 23 -A senior Iranian official has expressed the Islamic Republic’s opposition to an upcoming referendum for independence by Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, saying that Tehran supports the Arab country’s territorial integrity.
TEHRAN, September 22 -The UN Security Council has warned that a secession referendum planned to be held in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region next week is potentially “destabilizing” and threatens the ongoing war against Daesh terrorists.
TEHRAN, September 20 - Hundreds of people in Iraq’s northeastern city of Sulaymaniyah have staged a rally to voice their opposition to Kurdistan region’s upcoming referendum on seceding from the Arab country.
TEHRAN, September 18 - The UN chief has urged Iraq’s Kurdish leaders to scrap an upcoming secession vote, saying it would undermine the ongoing battle in the Arab country against Daesh terrorists.
TEHRAN, September 17 - Secretary of Iranian Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said that the country only recognizes Iraqi federal government.