Iran’s President Visits Kadhimiya Mausoleums in Iraq
According to the website of the president’s office, Rouhani visited the holy shrines of Imam Musa Kadhim (AS) and Imam Mohammad al-Jawad (AS) in Kadhimiya on Monday.
Rouhani arrived in Baghdad on a trip that is aimed at solidifying strategic ties despite US efforts to keep the two neighbors apart and curb Iran's influence in the region.
The Iranian president told reporters in Tehran before departure on Monday that ties between Iran and Iraq were nothing like the relations between Baghdad and the “occupying” American forces.
“The US is despised in the region; the bombs they dropped on the people of Iraq, Syria and other countries are not forgettable and at the same time, Iran’s brotherhood towards countries of the region will always be remembered,” he said.
The trip comes on the heels of the Daesh terror group’s defeat in Syria and Iraq, an achievement that is widely believed to have been impossible without Iran’s critical role in providing advisory assistance to both governments.
Iran and Iraq enjoy “strategic” relations that cannot be weakened by any country, Zarif said in Baghdad Sunday, noting that the two countries' youths fought side by side against Daesh.
“We consider this trip a new start in our relations with Iraq,” Zarif said, describing Iran and Iraq as a beating heart of the region. “Without Iran and Iraq, the region won’t be safe and stable,” he added.
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