Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 09:00 GMT, September 12, 2023

Iran's president had a phone conversation with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani of Iraq.

The expanding diplomacy in the region has proved Washington’s efforts to isolate Syria and Iran ineffective.

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani says Iraq does not need foreign combat troops on its soil, including the Americans.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says Persian Gulf's name is a historical, permanent, documented and undeniable fact, stressing that using the misnomer of “Arabian” Gulf to refer to the strategic waterway will not give legitimacy to it.

The prime minister was speaking in a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

The Iraqi PM calls for strengthening of bilateral ties with Iraq after Tehran summoned the Iraqi ambassador in protest over the Persian Gulf misnomer at a regional soccer tournament.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei calls on the Baghdad government to exercise greater sovereignty over areas in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

Iraq’s new premier says he hopes to continue fence-mending talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad.