Baghdad remains Tehran’s strategic ally: Amir-Abdollahian

Iranian official Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that Iraqi leadership and nation will remain Iran’s strategic ally, following Iraq’s first national elections since the country declared complete victory over ISIL.

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Date: 21 May 2018 - 10:22

TEHRAN (Defapress) – “The actual election result in Iraq was the people’s vote for independence, security, protection of territorial integrity, and putting a stop to occupation,” wrote Iranian Parliament's General Director for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a tweet on Sunday evening.

He stressed that Iraq has no place for the US and other sponsors of terrorism, adding “the informed leadership and nation of Iraq will remain a powerful pillar of a prosperous, free and independent Iraq, as well as a strategic ally to Tehran.”

“Baghdad has and will continue to have an important position in the region,” he added.

The Sa'iroun (Marchers) political bloc, cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's alliance with communists, was announced by Iraq's electoral commission on Sat. as the winner of the country's parliamentary elections. Sadr's alliance captured 54 parliamentary seats, followed by al-Fatih Coalition led by Hadi al-Amiri with 47. Al-Nasr Alliance, headed by Prime Minister al-Abadi, took the third place with 42 seats.

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