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Iran–Iraq relations have been turbulent since the Iran–Iraq War began in 1988. They have improved since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the first Iranian president to visit Iraq since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. Iran has an embassy in Baghdad and three consulates-general, in Sulaimaniya, Erbil, and Karbala.
After two years, Ali Akbar Velayati, senior advisor for foreign affairs to Iran's supreme leader, used the term and said: The chain of resistance against Israel by Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, the new Iraqi government, and Hamas passes through the Syrian highway. ... Syria is the golden ring of the chain of resistance against Israel. [50]
Iran cut off all official relations with Israel. [44] Iran also ceased to accept Israeli passports, and the holders of Iranian passports were banned from travelling to "the occupied Palestine". [64] The Israeli Embassy in Tehran was closed and handed over to the PLO. [65] Ayatollah Khomeini declared Israel an "enemy of Islam" and the "Little ...
Iran-backed Shi'ite armed groups in Iraq have ramped up rocket and missile attacks on Israel in recent weeks, raising concerns in Washington and among some Iranian allies of potential Israeli ...
The U.A.E and Saudi Arabia are strategic allies, as both see Iran as a common enemy. [ 357 ] [ 358 ] The U.A.E has been a major contributor to the Saudi Arabian–led coalition in Yemen , [ 359 ] has supported the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria , and joined up with Saudi Arabia and Egypt to support the Libyan National Army ...
In Iraq, Kataib Hezbollah, a powerful armed faction with close ties to Iran, said it would target U.S. bases with missiles, drones and its special forces if Washington intervened in the conflict.
President Bashar al-Assad used Russian and Iranian firepower to beat back rebel forces during years of civil war but never defeated them, leaving him vulnerable when his allies were distracted by ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Bilateral relations Iran–Israel relations Iran Israel Relations between Iran and Israel can be divided into four major phases: the ambivalent period from 1947 to 1953, the friendly period during the era of the Pahlavi dynasty from 1953 to 1979, the worsening period following the Iranian ...