Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
March 2025 - Iraq Special Weapons News
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- Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen kick off joint naval drills in support of Gaza Press TV 27 Mar 2025 -- Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen have launched a joint naval exercise in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who have been enduring the Israeli regime's criminal war.
- Tehran, Baghdad need to maintain vigilance in face of enemies' plots: Iran oil minister Press TV 27 Mar 2025 -- Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad says Iran and Iraq should maintain their vigilance in the face of enemies' plots.
- U.S. claims against Iran's oil industry baseless, lack credibility: Foreign minister IRNA 25 Mar 2025 -- Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, in a telephone conversation with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein, has rejected the pretexts of the United States' sanctions against Iran's oil industry as baseless.
- Iran's oil sales in accordance with international standards: Ministry IRNA 25 Mar 2025 -- The Oil Ministry has rejected accusations that Iran used forged Iraqi documents on its oil tankers to circumvent sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, emphasizing that Iranian oil sales are in accordance with international standards.
- Islamic State Is Evolving, But Has The World Taken Its Eyes Off The Ball? RFE/RL 25 Mar 2025 -- US-backed forces declared in 2019 that the Islamic State (IS) group had been destroyed. But as the past few years have shown, that only marked the end of its quasi-state that controlled territory in Iraq and Syria -- not the threat it continues to present.
- CENTCOM Forces Kill ISIS Chief of Global Operations Who Also Served as ISIS #2 CENTCOM 14 Mar 2025 -- On March 13, U.S. Central Command forces, in cooperation with Iraqi Intelligence and Security Forces, conducted a precision airstrike in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, that killed the Global ISIS #2 leader, chief of operations and the Delegated Committee Emir - Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, alias "Abu Khadijah", and one other ISIS operative.
- Iraq says key Islamic State leader is dead VOA 15 Mar 2025 -- One of the Islamic State terror group's most senior leaders is dead, killed in what U.S. and Iraqi officials describe as a joint operation.
- Foreign minister says Iran stands with Iraq to thwart unlawful U.S. moves IRNA 11 Mar 2025 -- Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says Iran is determined to fulfill its obligation to the Iraqi administration in thwarting unlawful actions by the United States.
- Iran: US decision to revoke Iraq waiver 'extremely deplorable' Press TV 11 Mar 2025 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has slammed the new US administration's decision to revoke Iraq's sanctions waiver for importing electricity from Iran.
- Iraq warns of escalating violence in Syria, calls for protection of civilians Press TV 08 Mar 2025 -- The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has voiced deep concern regarding the unfolding security developments in neighboring Syria, stressing that escalating violence in the Arab nation may severely impact regional security and stability.
- Iraq warns US its power grid would collapse without Iran gas supplies Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- A senior Iraqi official has warned the United States that any move by Washington to restrict the supply of natural gas from Iran to Iraq would cause a collapse to the Arab country's electrical grid.
- Washington rescinds Iraq's waiver to buy electricity from Iran: Report IRNA 09 Mar 2025 -- The United States has reportedly ended a waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from Iran, as part of President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" policy against the Islamic Republic.
- Trump admin. revokes Iraq's sanctions waiver for Iranian electricity imports Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- The administration of US President Donald Trump has refused to renew a sanctions waiver that previously allowed Iraq to pay for electricity imported from Iran, putting the country's ability to meet its domestic energy needs at risk.
- Iraqi resistance leader dismisses dissolution of PMF IRNA 03 Mar 2025 -- Secretary-General of the Asa'ib Ahl Al-Haq Movement Qais Al-Khazali has rejected the dissolution of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF).
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