They include a handful of exiled Iranian Kurdish groups based in northern Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region.

The July 1924 killing of Robert Imbrie fueled the rise of the Pahlavi dynasty and set the stage for both a CIA-backed 1953 ...

Even this nation’s capital carries a Persian name, Baghdad. The sectarian nature of the war between Shiite and Sunni Arabs in Iraq reflects a centuries-old battle between Persia and the Arab world.

The Economic Times. US evacuates staff from Baghdad amid rising Israel-Iran tensions, UK alerts ships in Persian Gulf. Posted: 12 June 2025 | Last updated: 17 June 2025 ...

Iraqi troops beat back Islamist insurgents in several areas north of Baghdad on Saturday, as the U.S. moved an aircraft carrier into the Persian Gulf.

The Baghdad embassy has already been on limited staffing, and the order will not affect a large number of personnel.