President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Iraq this week is a strong message to t...
BAGHDAD/GENEVA - President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Iraq this week is a strong message to the United States and its regional allies that Iran still dominates Baghdad, a key arena for rising tension between Washington and Tehran.
Rouhani’s three-day trip starting on Monday includes meetings with Iraq’s president and prime minister, tours of Shi’ite Muslim holy sites and a meeting with top Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iranian state media reported. But as it tries to counter the pressure from U.S. sanctions, Iran is seeking to shore up its political and economic influence along a corridor of territory it effectively controls from Tehran to the Mediterranean through Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.
Iran officially has no military presence in Iraq but backs its most powerful Shi’ite paramilitary groups. An umbrella grouping of all Iraq’s Shi’ite militias is estimated at 150,000 fighters.
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