Shafaq News/ Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) representative in Tehran, Nazim Dabbagh, denied the circulated news that Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani secretly visited Iran.

Dabbagh told the Voice of America (VOA) radio that "brother Masoud Barzani is not one of those people who visit Iran secretly," stressing that "it is not of Barzani's protocol

Shafaq News / The head of the state of law coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, said on Wednesday that there is no way a majority government will be formed.

Al-Maliki said in an interview, "no government will be formed the way they are suggesting", referring to Muqtada al-Sadr's statements about forming a national majority government.

"Iraq can only rise if

Shafaq News/ On Wednesday, the Iranian Director of the Center for International Affairs, Hossein Mousavifar, met with the Iraqi ambassador to Iran, Nasir Abdul Mohsen Abdullah, to cooperate in finding solutions for dust storms.

Mousavifar called for boosting cooperation between the two countries to face the dust storms that chocked the region,

Shafaq News / Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi received today the Iranian ambassador to Baghdad, Mohammed Kadhim al-Sadiq.

A statement by al-Kadhimi's office said that the latter commended the strong relations between Baghdad and Tehran, stressing the need to enhance joint work between them.

The Prime Minister wished the new ambassador