Video footage has emerged of militant fighters with captured Iraqi soldiers as the parliament failed to agree on a state of emergency in the country.
A senior government official told the AFP news agency that only 128 of 325 MPs attended the emergency session, which could have seen extra powers given to Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki.
Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) have seized cities including Mosul, Tikrit and Baiji and fighting was also reported on the outskirts of Samarra, within 70 miles of the capital Baghdad, as a wave of attacks continued southwards.
Mourners react at a funeral in Najaf after a suicide bomb attack The group, led by Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, wants to create a Sunni state, or caliphate, straddling the border between Iraq and Syria and had previously seized control of Fallujah and parts of Ramadi.
In a statement spokesman Abu Mohammed al Adnani said: "The battle is not yet raging, but it will in Baghdad and Karbala.
"We have a score to settle, for there is an old balance with it (Baghdad), and we must make it even."
Thousands of refugees have fled the violence. Pic: UNHCR Karbala, southwest of the capital, is one of the holiest sites for Shiite Muslims.
The Army Aviation Command of Iraq released footage which it claimed showed a series of air strikes against militant strongholds in Saladin province.
It comes after Iran President Hassan Rouhani warned on state television the country's security forces would combat terrorism which targeted Shiites in Iraq.
Abu Bakr al Baghdadi leads the ISI insurgents He said: "In the name of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran we are not prepared to standby and tolerate the violence, we will not tolerate the terrorism."
In the north, the Iraqi army has abandoned its bases in Kirkuk leaving the Kurdish Peshmerga forces to take control, according to a spokesman.
Jabbar Yawar told the Reuters news agency: "The whole of Kirkuk has fallen into the hands of the Peshmerga. No Iraq army remains in Kirkuk now."
Reports also claimed that Iraqi soldiers who fled Mosul have been queuing to buy tickets for flights to Baghdad to take part in the fighting and "hundreds" of young men have crowded outside the main army recruiting centre in the capital to sign up and help battle the militants.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told Sky News security forces were beginning to push back the insurgents.
He said: "This has really caused very, very serious disruption and it is a setback definitely for Iraqi security forces."
Militants left a trail of destruction in the northern city of Mosul Sky's Diplomatic Editor Tim Marshall said: "The Americans do not want Baghdad to fall, it's embarrassing, because if Baghdad falls then you're starting to march down toward the south.
"A threat to Baghdad and then the south would then threaten the oil supply and then things get even more serious."
More than 500,000 people have fled the conflict in the Mosul region, with many heading into Kurdish areas in the north.
Security has been stepped up at checkpoints in the Iraqi capital UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, meanwhile, condemned the abductions of Turkish consulate staff in Mosul.
US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said America would support a "unified approach" against ISIS aggression.
International Development Secretary Justine Greening added that a team of "humanitarian experts" had been deployed in northern Iraq to assess the situation on the ground.
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