Iran denies collapse is close as US claims IRGC running out of money
Iranian authorities defiant despite financial strain, saying they want to lift US blockade and pressure on their terms.

Iranian authorities defiant despite financial strain, saying they want to lift US blockade and pressure on their terms.





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Peshmerga unification seeks stability, overcoming party disputes to build a national force in Iraq’s Kurdish landscape.

Night time celebrations filled the air as Iraqis observed the start of a four-day holiday.
Trump hails completion of ‘very expensive excursion into Hell’ as US-led coalition anti-ISIL mission ends.
Iraq marks US troop withdrawal with ‘Sovereignty Days’, symbolising a shift after decades of foreign military presence.

Iraq’s security forces held parades in Baghdad and Najaf to celebrate ‘Sovereignty Day’ as US troops withdraw.
Iraq marks national ‘Sovereignty Days’ as US troops depart, but must navigate risks of new security landscape.

US Army soldiers have fully withdrawn from the US base in Baghdad.

More than two decades of US military presence in Iraq comes to an end.
Tehran filed a UN complaint against US sanctions forcing regional cancellations of Iran flights.
The continued blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has forced Iraq to look for alternatives to export its oil.