Shafaq News/ Baghdad is yet to open its borders to Iranian pilgrims wishing to visit religious sites in Iraq, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday.

Speaking to Iran's official news agency, IRNA, Deputy Chairperson for Hajj and Religious Sites Affairs, Sobhatallah Rahmani, said that Shalamcheh, Mahran, and Chazabeh are still closed per orders

Shafaq News / The Iraqi Parliament revealed today that it will host the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, due to complaints submitted by the ministry's employees and students. 

The General Secretariat of the Council of Representatives said in a statement that the Presidium has agreed to host the minister upon the request of

Shafaq News / The Iraqi Minister of Foreign affairs, Fouad Hussein, held a phone call with his Lithuanian counterpart, Gabrielius Landsbergis, several files of common interest.

A statement by the Ministry said that the two sides discussed bilateral relations between Iraq and Lithuania, in addition to the Russian military operations and their

Shafaq News / The Iraqi intelligence agency announced today arresting the prominent terrorist "Abu Marwan", west of Nineveh.

The agency said in a statement today that it had set up an ambush for the terrorist and arrested him in Tal A'bta.

Abu Marwan is wanted per Article 4 of the anti-terrorism law, and was handed over to the concerned authorities.