BAGHDAD, March 11 ,, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Iraq on Monday for his first official visit, state television said, as Baghdad is under pressure from Washington to limit ties with its neighbour.
Before leaving Tehran Rouhani hailed the “special” re lations between Iran and Iraq saying they could not be compared to Baghdad’s ties “with an aggressor country like America”, adding that the Islamist republic is always ready to help its neighbours when they ask for assistance.
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