Iran’s president visits Iraq on first foreign trip

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian headed for close ally Iraq on Wednesday, on his first official foreign trip, Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday.

Iraq hosts several Iran-aligned parties and armed groups. Tehran has been steadily increasing its sway in Iraq since a U.S.-led invasion toppled its enemy Saddam Hussein in 2003.

“We are planning to sign several agreements. We will meet senior Iraqi officials in Baghdad,” Pezeshkian, a relative moderate, said ahead of his trip, according to Iran’s state media.

Baghdad is also a close ally of Washington.

This post is originally published on INVESTING.

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