The Iraqi parliament elected Mohammad Al-Halbousi as a new speaker on Saturday, marking the first step towards establishing the new government four months after an inconclusive national election. Al-Halbousi tallied 169 votes to beat out Khalid al-Obaidi’s 89, local media reported. Al-Halbusi was governor of the province of Anbar, one ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that Europe should take action to neutralize the consequences of the US decision to quit a 2015 Iran nuclear accord to ensure its own long-term economic interests. In an interview published by Germany’s Der Spiegel news magazine on Saturday, the top Iranian diplomat ...
