Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, Iraq, on Tuesday morning, according to a Persian-language news report tracked by The Zioneer. The report described the visit as urgent, without immediately specifying the reason.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, Iraq, on Tuesday morning, a Persian-language news report stated. The visit was explicitly described as urgent, though the immediate cause was not disclosed.
Araghchi arrived in Iraq on Sunday for his second visit this week, where he publicly thanked the Iraqi government for its support of Iran and visited the site of the 2020 U.S. drone strike that killed Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani. On Monday, The Zioneer reported he was greeted by crowds at the same Karbala shrine. The latest visit adds to a series of high-profile Iranian diplomatic movements in Iraq, which is also set to host part of the funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Najaf and Karbala.
It remains unclear what prompted the urgent framing of Tuesday's visit. As of the report, no official statement from Araghchi or the Iranian Foreign Ministry detailing the reason has been released.
6 developments
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- DevelopingIranian Foreign Minister Araghchi to visit Lebanon next week
Source and signal
- Internal intake