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Iraq calls for expansion of cooperation with Iran

Baghdad, March 11, IRNA – Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi on Monday called for expansion of cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran in various fields.

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He made the remarks during a meeting with Iran's visiting President Hassan Rouhani who is in the country at the head of a high-profile economic-political delegation.

Welcoming the Iranian delegation, Abdul-Mahdi expressed the hope that the visit would help deepen and bolster relations between the two neighboring states in all fields in line with both side's security and stability.

He also referred to expansion of cooperation in fight against terrorism, strengthening of efforts to maintain security and stability and expansion of economic and commercial cooperation as issues which are of mutual interest.

The two sides also discussed cooperation in oil, agriculture, reconstruction, investment, health, transportation, setting of joint industrial zones and border passages.

A number of Iranian officials along with Iran's Ambassador to the country Iraj Masjedi were present in the meeting.

A high ranking politico-economic delegation accompanies President Rouhani in the three-day visit.

Iranin and Iraqi officials are expected to sign a number of memorandum of understandings (MoU's) to broaden mutual cooperation in various fields.

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Iraq and Iran sign memorandums of understanding, including granting visas and facilities to businessmen

 
 
 

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Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi announced on Monday the signing of a series of memorandums of understanding between Iraq and Iran, including a memorandum granting visas and facilities to businessmen. 

"In the presence of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rowhani, in Baghdad this evening, at the end of the joint talks session, a number of memorandums of understanding were signed," the office said in a statement. 

"The memorandum was on the areas of oil, trade, health and transport for the establishment of railways between Basra and Shalamjah, in addition to a memorandum to grant visas and facilities for businessmen and investors."

 

Iranian President Hassan Rowhani arrived in Baghdad on Monday for an official visit, the first since he took office

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Halabousi Rohani: Parliament is ready to legislate laws that help the government to open up to Iran


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BAGHDAD (Reuters 
) - Iraq's parliament is ready to legislate laws that help the government open to Iran, parliament speaker Mohamed Halboussi said on Monday. 
This came during a meeting with Halbusi, President Hassan Rowhani, who is visiting Baghdad, according to a statement issued by the Office of the President of the House of Representatives and received 'orbit' copy of it. 
The statement said that "the meeting discussed the strengthening of bilateral relations and development between the two neighboring countries at various levels, especially in the areas of politics and economy," noting that 'the meeting discussed efforts to solve the problems that require legislative intervention from the House of Representatives; The economy between the two countries, specifically in the Iraqi provinces and adjacent to the Iranian border in the interest of the two peoples common '.
"Halabousi 'readiness of the House of Representatives to enact several laws that help the federal government to open up to all neighboring countries and friendly to Iraq, including the Islamic Republic of Iran'. 
For his part, the visiting delegation said that it aspires to strengthen the brotherly ties between the two sides and expand the horizons of cooperation in various fields.

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Iraq, Iran Agreed on Establishing Railway

 
 BasNews   11/03/2019 - 23:49  Published in Iraq
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ERBIL - Iran and Iraq have reached an agreement to establish a railway which would connect the Shalamcha border crossing to the Iraqi province of Basra.

The agreement was made during a meeting between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Iraqi PM Adil Abdul-Mahdi in Baghdad on Monday, where they also agreed on a number of other issues, the premier's office said in a statement.

The pair signed agreements related to oil, trade, health, and transportation, the statement said.

The two officials further said that the two neighboring countries should facilitate the process of granting visas to their citizens, while supporting both Iraqi ad Iranian investors.

Rouhani arrived in Baghdad on Monday. He is expected to stay for three days. During his first visit in the country, the Iranian president will also pay a visit to Najaf and Karbala.http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/507666

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Iraq and Iran sign MoUs in four areas

Iraq and Iran sign MoUs in four areas



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In the presence of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and President of Iran Hassan Rowhani, and at the end of the joint talks session, a number of memorandums of understanding were signed.

It included oil, trade, health and transport for the construction of railways between Basra and Shalamjah, and a memorandum of visas and facilities for businessmen and investors.

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Iranian pressure on Iraq to accelerate the withdrawal of US troops
 

Iranian pressure on Iraq to accelerate the withdrawal of US troops

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12 March 2019
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rowhani is to hold his first visit to Iraq , which began on Monday and is scheduled to continue until Wednesday, amid a senior Iraqi official in Baghdad.
According to the same official, who spoke with the "new Arab" asking not to be named, Rohani's visit to Iraq comes to sign what has been agreed upon by previous agreements between the two sides, pointing out that "he told the Iraqis clearly that the  presence of Americans in Iraq is a threat to the security Iran and they must urgently put an end to this danger. " "Rowhani also sent letters to officials of the Kurdistan region of Iraq in this context, and considered the presence of Americans in the region is more dangerous to his country, than their presence in other areas of Iraq such as Anbar, Baghdad and Nineveh."


Rohani told the Iraqis clearly that the presence of Americans in Iraq is a threat to the security of his country, and they must urgently put an end to this danger 

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According to the same official, who participated in the reception of spiritual leader, Barham Saleh, the other files that Rowhani discussed during his visit "are secondary to the file of the American presence," stressing that the concern of the Iranians on this subject, "clear, and seemed unconvinced by the effectiveness of leaders Iraqi political in the file of pressure to remove the US military from Iraq. "

"Our relations with Iraq are not new, but are for thousands of years, religious, cultural, historical and regional," he said. "We will not relinquish our relations with Iraq, But make efforts to develop them, our relations for the benefit of the two peoples. " "There are broad areas for joint cooperation between Iraq and Iran," Rowhani said. "The talks are good, there are no points of disagreement between us, and we are making efforts to secure our interests and strengthen our relations with Iraq." "We discussed trade, investment, joint trade and joint border areas, pilgrims, energy and gas, oil, banks, roads, railways and waterways," he said. "We also discussed regional and international political issues." Rowhani said "

In turn, Iraqi President Barham Saleh said during the conference, "We must move the relations between Iraq and Iran to a wider space," describing his country as "lucky to its neighbors." He added that "Iraq is today the forum between the countries of the region," calling for "the creation of an integrated system of common interests."

At the same time, the statements made by the Iranian ambassador in Baghdad, Erj Musjidi, were more clear regarding the Iranian concerns. He said that the United States is exerting heavy pressure on the Iraqi government to keep up with the Iranian embargo and the sanctions imposed on his country. Pressures ". "In such circumstances, Rohani's visit to Iraq has a special significance and meaning," Masjedi told IRNA news agency. "Iraq has for decades been the biggest security threat to Iran, but today it has become a strategic ally and friend. And the border between the two countries has become a border of friendship, cooperation and stability. "


The former Iranian ambassador to Baghdad, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, tried to place the visit in the context of "the victory of Iran and its allies," saying in statements to the Iranian "Irna" that the importance of Rohani's visit "is that they come in an atmosphere witnessing major developments in the region, The victory of the resistance front in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, thanks to the support of Iran, "saying that" led to the failure of the policies and plans of America in the region through the use of groups Tkfirism and terrorism, such as an advocacy organization. " In an interview, Iranian Ambassador to Damascus Javad Turk Abadi predicted in a press statement that Rohani would soon visit Syria.


Rouhani and his delegation will sign memorandums of understanding and several agreements 

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On the second day of his visit to Iraq, Rohani is due to meet Iraqi political leaders on Tuesday before moving to the holy city of Najaf to meet with a number of religious authorities, including Ali al-Sistani, and visit religious shrines. As confirmed by officials at the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad spoke to the "new Arab." They said that Tuesday will witness the signing of a large number of trade, economic, security, political and cultural agreements, in an unprecedented event between the two countries.

In the same context, the Iraqi official who spoke with the "new Arab" details of what is discussed behind the closed doors during the visit of the Iranian president, "Rowhani and his delegation will sign memorandums of understanding and several agreements can be said to have been completed earlier, The establishment of a joint free zone and a joint commercial bank, and the formation of committees to resolve and manage the joint oil fields, as well as the organization of a trade exchange agreement, avoidance of double taxation, agreement on the opening of branches of Iranian commercial companies, a Housing and infrastructure, some of them belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and the opening of new ground ports, and the agreement on the opening of new Iranian-Iraqi consulates in both countries in the near future. " According to the official,


Makki: Tehran believes that the US reinforcements in Iraq to the introduction of something greater aimed at Iranian interests 

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In the meantime, the President of the Supreme Islamic Council in Iraq, Hamam Hamoudi, that "the timing of a spiritual visit to Iraq is important for the establishment of joint economic strategies, as it comes after the victory over the preacher, and the Iranian position that strongly supports in this context." He pointed out that "the Iraqi parliament and the government declared that Iraq is not within the embargo on Iran, because sanctions are an individual decision and not international, and this is also confirmed by the Supreme Reference by refusing to be Iraq a way to harm any other country.

"Iran is very concerned about the recent US action in Iraq, especially after President Donald Trump's statements that his troops in Iraq are to monitor Iran and its activities," said Makki. He added in an interview with "the new Arab" that "Tehran believes, perhaps as a result of analyzes or information, that these US reinforcements in Iraq to the introduction of something greater targeting Iranian interests in Iraq, including militias associated with Tehran"It seems that these facts are not far from reality, as can be analyzed from the recent American behavior in Iraq, the goal may be to limit Iran's interests in the region, not to wage war against Iran, but at least to provide potential friction or Possible future. "Makki explained that Iran considers Iraq is the" last line of defense, and could sacrifice Syria, but for Iraq can not give up its influence in it, "expressing his belief that" pressure on the Iraqi government to issue a law to remove US forces, is an Iranian option now. "

"Of course, we do not forget that there are parties in the Iraqi state that expressed their interest in the survival of American forces, and other parties in the political arena supported the survival of the Americans. This, as it turns out, has disturbed Iran, which now wants to build a broad political alliance, American forces. "
 

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On the second day of his visit to Iraq, Rohani is due to meet Iraqi political leaders on Tuesday before moving to the holy city of Najaf to meet with a number of religious authorities, including Ali al-Sistani, and visit religious shrines.

The above meeting will be more then anything they sign. It will be interesting to see how this shake outs.  

 

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President Barham Salih of Iraq, second from left, welcomed his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, center, at the Salam Palace in Baghdad on Monday. CreditThaier Al-Sudani/Reuters
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President Barham Salih of Iraq, second from left, welcomed his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, center, at the Salam Palace in Baghdad on Monday.CreditCreditThaier Al-Sudani/Reuters
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BAGHDAD — From financing the expansion of the vast courtyards that lead into the Shiite shrines of the holy city of Najaf, to ensuring that a Tehran-friendly candidate gets the job of interior minister, Iran’s role in Iraq keeps growing.

President Hassan Rouhani of Iran arrived in Baghdad on Monday for a visit to a place that his country has shaped in ways big and small over the past several years. Iran was the real winner of last year’s parliamentary elections in Iraq: The parties linked to the paramilitary Popular Mobilization Forces, most of them with ties to Tehran, emerged as the kingmakers.

“Iran is a small body with a big brain, and the United States is a big body with a small brain,” said Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, a Sunni Muslim who was a former speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, trying to explain how Iran seemed to have gained the upper hand in Iraq.

Adnan al-Zurfi, a Shiite member of the Iraqi Parliament who has lived in the United States, put it succinctly.

 

“There is no American presence in Iraq, only a military presence,” he said. By contrast, Iran has insinuated itself into Iraqi political life and the military, and now seeks to expand economically and culturally, he said.

Cementing its dominance in Iraq is a piece with Iran’s regional ambitions, which aim to secure a route to the Mediterranean through friendly countries, in part so it can ship arms and support to Hezbollah in Lebanon, continue assisting President Bashar Assad’s military in Syria and threaten Israel.

Now that Iran has expanded the Shiite armed groups into a political force, much as they have done with Hezbollah in Lebanon, Tehran’s new priority is to increase economic ties with Iraq to offset American sanctions.

Previewing Mr. Rouhani’s visit, the Iranian ambassador to Iraq, Iraj Masjedi, said on Saturday that Iran “considers Iraq the first destination for Iranian goods” and wants to outstrip Turkey and China as one of Iraq’s top trade partners.

 
Loading Iranian goods on to an Iraqi trailer at the Iran-Iraq border in 2017.CreditSergey Ponomarev for The New York Times
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Loading Iranian goods on to an Iraqi trailer at the Iran-Iraq border in 2017.CreditSergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

He said that there would be 40 trade fairs in Iraq in the coming year and that Mr. Rouhani would discuss plans to extend a railroad from Kermanshah, in Iran, to the Iraqi city of Basra. Iraq and Iran are also set to agree on new visa rules to make it easier for Iranian businessmen to travel to Iraq, the ambassador said.

 

Although Iran already has extensive economic ties in Iraq — it provides natural gas, processed petroleum products and about 20 percent of Iraq’s electricity, as well as some of its fiber optic cables — it wants to expand the relationship. Mr. Rouhani said at a recent news conference that his goal was to see trade with Iraq increase to $20 billion annually, from $12 billion.

The push to bolster Iranian trade when the country is under American sanctions leaves Iraq caught in a vise between Washington, whose military and reconnaissance resources it still needs, and Tehran, which has also provided crucial military support. Iraq has a temporary exemption from the sanctions so that it can continue to buy some Iranian products including electric power and natural gas.

Iran has also gained leverage over many factions in the Iraqi political system, making it hard for Iraqi politicians to turn away from Iran’s demands, said Joost Hiltermann, the head of the Middle East and North Africa division of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group.

“The Iraqis know that Iran is their neighbor, they will always be neighbors,” Mr. Hiltermann said.

Although it will be difficult and the United States will push back, the Iraqis will try to accommodate the Iranians’ demands, he said.

“They need to keep good relations with Iran and they can’t afford to anger Iran because Iran has a huge spoiling capacity,” Mr. Hiltermann added, referring to Tehran’s ability to use its political and military power to undermine the fragile Iraqi government.

Iran is overwhelmingly Shiite Persian, while Iraq is majority Shiite Arab, with a sizable Sunni Arab minority, along with Kurds, Turkmen, and Christians.

 

Recently Iran has made a point of reaching out to Sunni Muslims, a tack it had not taken so actively in the past, in an effort to gain support and to invest itself in Iraq’s heterogenous population.

Members of the Iraqi Parliament, including some who are Sunni Muslim, describe a steady stream of invitations to conferences in Tehran, meetings with visiting Iranian officials and attention to Iraq’s concerns.

 
Iraqi Shiites protested in central Baghdad in December against foreign intervention. The sign proclaimed, “Our neighbors are our friends, not our masters. Our decision is Iraqi.”CreditAhmad Al-Rubaye/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
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Iraqi Shiites protested in central Baghdad in December against foreign intervention. The sign proclaimed, “Our neighbors are our friends, not our masters. Our decision is Iraqi.”CreditAhmad Al-Rubaye/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Iran also makes a point of sending senior officials to Iraq on a regular basis to discuss potential business ties. In the past three months, there have been visits by Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif; its oil minister; and its energy minister.

Iraqis have responded in kind. The president, Barham Salih, went to Tehran to discuss how to continue close economic links despite the American sanctions.

Less than a week ago, the speaker of Iraq’s Parliament, Muhammad al-Halbousi, a Sunni, was in Tehran to discuss the two countries’ mutual interests. Iraq’s culture minister, Abdulameer al-Hamdani, was in the Iranian capital recently to discuss collaboration on archaeological projects.

But that is little comfort to many Sunnis who fear that when fortunes turn, Iran favors the Shiites. Some Shiites who view themselves as Arab as much as Shiite are also concerned that Tehran is pushing to make Iraq more like Iran.

 

In that line of thinking, although the Iranians have reached out, the effort seems intended more to ensure that Sunnis are also in Iran’s ambit than to be inclusive.

Iran “is pulling Iraq away from its Arab homeland and identity,” said Ayatollah Sheikh Fadhil al-Badairi, one of the Iraqi Shiite marja, or religious leadership, in Najaf.

And that undermines Iraq’s “special character,” he said, which is Arab and religiously diverse.

That does not dim the importance of the role Iran played when the Islamic State overran northern Iraq. The Iranians moved quickly to help Iraq, creating and expanding the paramilitary forces made up of Shiite militias that came to be known as the Popular Mobilization Forces. Those efforts burnished Iran’s status in Iraq.

Today, there are more than 20 different paramilitary groups, and although they all come under the umbrella of the Popular Mobilization Forces, they vary in the depth of their ties to Iran.

More recently, Iran encouraged the creation of a Sunni version of those forces in Sunni-majority areas of Iraq that were overrun by the Islamic State.

 
Iranian leaders, top right, pictured on a billboard in Basra, Iraq, in 2018, with fighters from the Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces who were killed in battles with Islamic State militants.CreditNabil Al-Jurani/Associated Press
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Iranian leaders, top right, pictured on a billboard in Basra, Iraq, in 2018, with fighters from the Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces who were killed in battles with Islamic State militants.CreditNabil Al-Jurani/Associated Press

Initially, Iran helped provide weapons and training to many of the paramilitary forces, but it did not have the money to field a large new force inside Iraq long term. Now, those forces are funded by the Iraqi government and, technically, are under its control.

 

But some of the paramilitary groups are viewed as all but directly following orders from Iran, making them a parallel armed force that the Iraqi government cannot entirely control. At least two of them, Kata’ib Hezbollah and Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, are labeled foreign terrorist organizations by the State Department.

Even in Najaf, the intellectual center of Iraqi Shiism and the home of the country’s most revered ayatollah, Ali al-Sistani, the Iranians have staked out ground. They raised the profile of the representative in Najaf of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, enabling the representative to attract more of a following.

Najaf is a center of Shiite studies where senior religious figures have traditionally viewed religion and government as separate realms. In Iranian Shiism, the senior religious leader makes political decisions.

Iran now appears to be trying to extend its influence over the Iraqi Shiite religious leaders, according to Ayatollah al-Badairi of the religious leadership in Najaf.

“They are attempting to strengthen the influence of the Iranian marjiya and weakening the others,” said Ayatollah al-Badairi, who, like some other Shiite figures, says he has been angered that Iran meddles in Iraqi politics but does not invest in Iraq.

What Tehran has principally done is win contracts from Baghdad, meaning that Iranians are getting paid by Iraq rather than investing and creating jobs, said Mr. Zurfi, the Iraqi member of Parliament, who has a similar critique of the Americans.

Now Iran is pushing for even more commerce, in large part to buffer itself from the American sanctions that President Trump announced he was reinstating when he pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal, several senior Iraqi politicians said.

 

Since then, the value of Iran’s currency, the rial, has tumbled, hopes for foreign investment have been dashed and the market for Iranian oil drastically cut.

“Iran wants Iraq to be a market for Iranian goods,” said Karim al-Nuri, a senior leader in the Badr Organization, one of the oldest of the Shiite paramilitary groups in Iraq. “It has no other way to reduce the impact of the sanctions.”

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Iraq, Iran sign a range of deals to ‘help each other’

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Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi received Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Baghdad on Monday. Photo: PM office/handout 
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraqi and Iranian leaders on Monday signed a number of agreements in a range of fields, including oil and transportation. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is in Baghdad on a three-day visit to shore up ties while the United States continues to pressure Iraq to distance itself from its neighbour. 

The deals were inked after talks on Monday covering oil, trade, health, transportation – establishing a railway between Iraq’s port city of Basra and the Shalamja border crossing, building industrial cities along their shared border, and easing visas for business and investment. 

“We know the difficulties the Islamic Republic is going through, and Iran knows the difficulties Iraq is experiencing. We are cooperating and thoroughly understanding these situations and how we can help each other,” said Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi in a joint press conference with Rouhani on Monday evening. 

The two countries will do their best to bolster security and establish peace, Abdul-Mahdi added.

They signed a total of 22 agreements on Monday, according to IRNA. 

Iran, currently bowed under the weight of US sanctions, wants to bolster trade with Iraq and increase its current trade volume from $12 billion to $20 billion. However, without banking sectors connected to each other, that is difficult.

“In terms of banking matters, which is one of the important issues between the two countries, we emphasized the quicker execution of the agreements that were done between the two central banks, as well as the commercial banks that can bank with each other and we have agreed to take the required steps,” said Rouhani in the joint presser.

The two central banks signed a deal in February to facilitate Iranian exporters using Iraqi banks. 

This could get Iraq into trouble, warned Fazil Nabi, a former undersecretary in Iraq’s Ministry of Finance. The US carefully watches banking transactions and could sanction Iraq for banking transactions with Iran, he explained. 

The US is also pushing Iraq to wean itself off of Iranian imports of electricity and gas, something Iraq says it can’t do. Baghdad has already inked deals with Tehran to keep buying Iranian electricity.

Rouhani said they have “very good relations” when it comes to energy and can expand even further.

“Iran exports the required electricity to Iraq as well as gas and we have announced that we are eager to export more electricity. We can extend these agreements. In regards to oil matters, we are able to provide required facilities towards agreements between the two countries,” he said.

They are ready to offer their “power” and “services” in rebuilding Iraq and they wish to develop security ties in countering terrorism, Rouhani added.

Brian Hook, US special representative for Iran and senior policy adviser to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, questioned Rouhani’s visit and Iran’s intentions in Iraq

“President Rouhani coming to Iraq is not in the interest of the Iraqi people,” Hook told Iraq’s Al-Hurra TV.

“I think what Iran would ultimately like to see happen is Iraq turn into a province of Iran so that they can create a military highway across the northern Middle East that the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps can use to ferry missiles and weapons,” Hook asserted.

Washington gave Baghdad a waiver from sanctions to give it time to find an alternative electricity source. That waiver is about to expire and the US has not issued an extension. 

Abdul-Mahdi has given directions to finalize a deal with the American company General Electric to help Iraq develop, rebuild, and bolster its electricity grid. 

But Iraq says it would need years to wean itself off its dependence on Iranian electricity imports. This dependency will be evident when the summer heat returns. Electricity shortages were one of the factors that sparked deadly protests last summer. http://www.rudaw.net/mobile/english/middleeast/iraq/12032019
 
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Abadi assured Rowhani of the importance of preserving the victory against terrorism

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Former Prime Minister Nuri al-Hakim al-Abadi, the leader of the al-Nasser coalition, stressed on Tuesday the importance of cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran and the strengthening of relations between the two countries. 
"The leader of the Al-Nasr coalition Haider al-Abadi met this morning with Iranian President Hassan Rowhani to discuss bilateral cooperation between the two countries and the political and public situation in Iraq and the region," Mawazine News said in a statement. 
Abadi stressed the importance of cooperation with the Islamic Republic and the strengthening of relations between the two neighboring countries and preserve what was achieved in the victory over terrorism 
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Maliki and Rouhani discuss the regional situation and challenges facing the region

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head of a coalition of state law, Nuri al-Maliki, on Tuesday, the possibility that Iraq and Iran play an important role in support and stability in the region. 
"The head of a coalition of state law, Nuri al-Maliki, met this morning with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rowhani to discuss the future of bilateral relations and ways to strengthen them in the interest of the two neighboring countries," Maliki's office said in a statement received by Mawazine News. Faced by the region ". 
"The possibility of Iraq and Iran playing an important role in support and stability in the region," Maliki said, calling for "more cooperation and coordination between the two sides at various levels, especially in the areas of politics and economy."
For his part, Rowhani stressed his country's readiness to develop its relations with Iraq in all fields, pointing out that "the stability and security of Iraq is of great importance to the Islamic Republic of Iran."

 
 
 
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Tehran after signing agreements: Iraq channel to Iran to avoid US sanctions

Tehran after signing agreements: Iraq channel to Iran to avoid US sanctions



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Iraq and Iran signed several initial trade deals as Iranian President Hassan Rowhani began his first visit to seek to cement Tehran's influence and boost trade ties to help ease new US sanctions on Iran.

Among the agreements is a plan to build a rail line linking the two countries. The agreements, signed shortly after Rohani's visit, aim to stress that Tehran continues to play a dominant role in Iraq despite US efforts to rein in Iranian meddling in the region.

The office of Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said in a statement that Rowhani and Abdul Mahdi signed several memorandums of understanding, including agreements on oil, trade and health and a railway line linking the southern city of Basra, the Iranian border city Shalamjah.

"Iraq is another channel for Iran to avoid US sanctions," a senior Iranian official accompanying Rohani told Reuters. "This visit will provide opportunities for the Iranian economy."

Iraq relies on imports of Iranian gas in the operation of the electricity network and requested an extension of the exemption granted by the United States of sanctions to continue to import Iranian gas. US sanctions on Iran's energy sector came into effect in November.

The Iranian economy has been struggling since US President Donald Trump decided in May to withdraw from the nuclear deal signed in 2015 between Iran and six major powers and re-impose sanctions on Tehran.

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Hakim and Rouhani discuss strengthening relations between the two countries

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head of the Reform and Reconstruction Alliance, Ammar al-Hakim, discussed with President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rowhani Tuesday ways to strengthen relations between the two countries and the latest developments in the region. 
"The head of the reform and reconstruction alliance, Ammar al-Hakim, met this morning with the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hassan Rowhani, to discuss ways to strengthen relations between the two neighboring countries and the latest developments in the region," Hakim's office said in a statement. 
Hakim called on "the importance of cooperation with the Islamic Republic and strengthening relations between the two neighboring countries and stability of the region."

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Iraq and Iran sign an agreement of 14 items, including the lifting of trade exchange of 20 billion dinars

02:27 - 12/03/2019

 
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - 
The trade agreement signed by Iraq and Iran on Wednesday included 14 items, including lifting trade between the two countries to 20 billion dollars by 2020 
, a source at the Iranian trade attaché in Iraq said Tuesday. Iraqi Trade Minister Mohammad Hashim al-Ani and Iranian Minister of Commerce and Industry Mohammad Shariatmadari, including 14 items, "noting that" among the items facilitate the work and establishment of trade fairs between the two countries. " 
He stressed that "the two sides discussed intensifying efforts to raise the level of trade between them to 20 billion dollars by 2022, as well as activate the notes that occurred in 2015." 
He pointed out that "there are items related to land transport and skiing, as well as holding joint economic meetings between the two countries."
He pointed out that "the last 14 items provided for the exchange of information on the change of laws, tariffs and customs procedures between the two countries in a timely manner."

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Rohani: We have reached excellent economic and trade agreements with Iraq
The Iranian president, Hassan Rowhani, stressed that the development of economic cooperation between traders and economic activists in Iran and Iraq serves the interest of both peoples and the region.
"The Iranian and Iraqi peoples have always been on the side of each other to find security and stability and have offered the peoples of the world the best experience in recent years in this context," Rowhani said at the joint Iraq-Iran trade meeting held at the prime minister's residence in Baghdad on Monday. 
He stressed that "today, in light of the sacrifices of the people and the Iraqi army, we are witnessing security conditions in Iraq." 
"The Iranian government and people are pleased to stand with the Iraqi people and army from the very beginning in the fight against terrorism," Rowhani said. 
He said the establishment of security and stability in Iraq was "in the context of the stability of Iran and the region and provide the ground for commercial and cultural activities for all." 
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The Iranian president described the talks between the Iranian and Iraqi delegations as positive, adding that "excellent consensuses reached between the two sides could constitute good ground for further activities of traders and economic activists in both countries." 
President Rohani also referred to the two countries' agreement on customs tariff and the cancellation of visa fees to facilitate visits by the two countries in the field of tourism and trade and the decision to establish industrial cities in the border areas. He said, "Iran's readiness to develop relations in various economic fields, including energy, electricity, gas, Iranian relations with Iraq, which represents a major step in the development of economic and tourism relations between the two countries. "
President Rohani stressed the determination of Iran to develop trade and economic relations with Iraq and raise the volume of exchange from 12 billion dollars to 20 billion dollars, adding that facilitating banking relations and implementing consensuses in this process is a great historical opportunity for the two governments, peoples and economic activists. 
For his part, Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said during his speech at the forum where he referred to the talks and positive consensus in the meeting of the delegations of Iraq and Iran to develop high-level relations and cooperation in various fields, including economic and trade, stressing his country's determination to develop comprehensive relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran, This context supports the presence and cooperation of economic activists and investors from both countries. 
Also at the forum, a number of economic activists and investors from both countries presented their views in this context
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Date of release: 2019/3/12 13:25  310 times read
Ruhani arrives in Karbala
(Karbala: Euphrates News) Iranian President, Hassan Rowhani, arrived on Tuesday afternoon, to the holy city of Karbala.
Limited spiritual visit to the city to perform the ceremony of the visit of Imams Hussein and Abbas on them Alsalam.anthy 
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) 
- Iran's deputy foreign minister for political affairs, Abbas Araghji, on Tuesday compared US President Donald Trump's visit to Iraq with the current visit of his country's president, Hassan Rowhani. 

"The visit of the President of the Islamic Republic, Hassan Rowhani, to Iraq, and the warm welcome of his official reception and the accompanying delegation showed the greatness and greatness of Iran," Araghaji told IRNA news agency.

 


He added that "President Rohani's visit and his official reception by Iraqi officials comes at a time when the US president entered Iraq at night and at a military base and resolved without receiving." 

He pointed out that "Iraq is a neighboring country and we have close partnership relations," pointing out "the good news announced by President Rohani to visitors of the holy shrines in Iraq, which is free visas between the two countries." 

He noted that "relations between the Iranian border provinces and neighboring countries have special significance." 

US President Donald Trump visited Iraq on December 27, 2018, for a "secret" visit that lasted for hours, after ending in his statements about "concerns that accompanied him and concern for the people who were with him."

Iranian President Hassan Rowhani arrived in Baghdad on Monday for a three-day official visit to the holy shrine of Imam Musa al-Kadhim in Baghdad, before receiving an official reception from President Barham Salih. 

Rohani had called on his counterpart Trump to visit Iraq publicly and roam the streets of Baghdad and Basra to see what Iraqis say about America, he said.

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An American source said Tuesday that American helicopters have stepped up their patrols over the US embassy in the Green Zone in central Baghdad and its environs, coinciding with the presence of Iranian President Hassan Rowhani in the same region. 
"About six American Black Hawk helicopters have been flying continuously since early morning to monitor the US embassy in the Green Zone and its environs," the source said in a statement 
The source added that "the flight of US aviation came in conjunction with the presence of Iranian President Hassan Rowhani at his residence in the region and meet with Iraqi officials." 
Iranian President Hassan Rowhani arrived in Baghdad on Monday for a three-day visit.

Rohani's visit was met with overwhelming public anger on Monday and activists condemned the visit, which they said was aimed at turning Iraq into a new Iranian province.

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Date of release:: 2019/3/12 15:07  65 times scheduled
Rohani praises the leadership of Abadi
(Baghdad: al-Furat News) President of the coalition of victory, Haider, Abadi on Tuesday, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rowhani.
"The two sides discussed bilateral cooperation and the political and public situation in Iraq and the region," the statement said. 
"The importance of cooperation with the Islamic Republic and the strengthening of relations between the two neighboring countries and preserve what has been achieved in the victory over terrorism." 
Rouhani praised Abadi's leadership for the previous stage in which the victory over terrorism was achieved by al-Da'ashi.
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If they don’t RV before all these trades go into effect..... I would THINK WE CAN KISS THIS RV goodbye..... Iran would get billions of Dinar at this price... The US would not want Iran a large sponser of terror to have their bank accounts filled to the brim. So hopefully we see the RV soon so that it does not undermine sanctions!

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Editorial Date: 2019/3/12 15:12  393 times read
Disclosure of the date of commencement of the abolition of fees {Visa} between Iraq and Iran
(International: Euphrates News) Iranian Assistant President of the Cultural Heritage Foundation, Ali Asghar Monsan, confirmed the cancellation of visa fees for Iranian and Iraqi citizens.

"Iraqi officials did not want to cancel the visas, but the two sides decided to cancel the visa fees starting next year," Monsan said at the 83rd meeting of the Coordinating Committee on Travel Services on Tuesday .
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