Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian tectonic plate collided with the Arabian plate millions of years ago.

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As Iran and Iraq move forward with their enhanced partnership, their collaboration is expected to have a profound impact on ...

Iran’s unreliable delivery of gas, when its own system falters, forced Iraq to act. As it diversifies its energy landscape, Iraq will build stronger ties with Türkiye and the GCC, and the ...

According to intelligence sources closely monitoring cross-border activities between Iran and Iraq, the missiles were delivered last week under the coordination of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard ...

Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq may move away from the Syrian border after years of using the area to move into Syria and smuggle weapons to pro-Iran groups there, according to a recent report.

The border guards have yet to confirm the incident. The Iraq-Iran border has been increasingly fortified in recent years, after Baghdad agreed to disarm Kurdish groups opposed to Iran based in the ...

Citing information and on the ground reports, he said that over the past 22 years, at least eight military bases belonging to armed groups have been established in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, near ...

Why it's incredible: The landscape looks crumpled and folded ... plates before they collided is now being torn apart under Iraq and Iran. The Neotethys oceanic plate appears to be pulling the ...