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NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Questions over whether Wednesday will be declared a public holiday in Iraq have circulated among workers and residents as the body of Iran's Supreme Leader …
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Service said it carried out simultaneous operations in several provinces, targeting unlicensed food production facilities and cou…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — The director of Najaf's Environment Directorate, Jamal Abd Zaid Shilaka, said all official and unofficial institutions responsible for environmental pollu…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Najaf Governor Yusuf al-Kirnavi said the province is prepared to receive the funeral of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, with all state, service …
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Civil Aviation Authority has issued an operating license to Najaf International Airport after the facility completed the technical and regulatory r…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Najaf authorities are preparing to host Ashura mourning ceremonies marking the anniversary of the death of Imam Hussein, with 870 mawkibs expected to take p…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The Najaf Provincial Council has declared Wednesday an official public holiday for all government institutions except security and service units, as well as…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The Najaf Governorate announced that Wednesday, June 24, 2026, will be an official holiday for all public institutions across the province, in order to allo…
TEHRAN, Iran — The funeral commission for Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has outlined mourning and burial arrangements, saying farewell ceremonies will begin on Satur…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — A criminal court in Najaf has sentenced a man to death by hanging for killing one person and wounding three others in an armed dispute over cows eating fa…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — A criminal court in Najaf has sentenced a drug trafficker to death after he was caught with roughly 2.5 kilograms of crystal narcotics, a judicial source sa…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The Najaf Criminal Court has sentenced a drug trafficker to death by hanging after convicting him of narcotics trafficking, according to security sources. T…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf hosted families of victims killed in an attack on a school in Minab, Iran, with 128 of 168 affected families represented by a 3…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi authorities arrested two suspects, including a cleric aged 50 to 60, two days after they robbed a currency exchange in Najaf and stole 30 million di…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Hundreds of farmers in Najaf began a sit-in outside the provincial council building on Wednesday to demand higher state purchase prices for their rice harve…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — In the narrow alleys leading to the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf's Grand Bazaar, tailors working in workshops of just two to three square meters continue hand-s…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iran's new religious leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, issued a message of condolence on Thursday following the death of Ishaq Fayyaz, a prominent religious schol…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization held an information seminar in Najaf to introduce mechanical rice seedling transplanting techniques, wi…
NajafTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has issued a condolence message following the death of Muhammad Ishaq Fayyadh, a well-known Shia jurist based in the…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — BAGHDAD — The Nujaba Movement has rejected proposals to place weapons under exclusive state control, with an official saying the move effectively targets re…
