By Elwely Elwelly BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visited Iraq on Wednesday on his first foreign trip, signalling his intention to strengthen ties with a strategic ally of both Tehran and Washington as tensions rise in the Middle East.

For Iran, its relationship with Iraq remains crucial for economic, political and religious reasons — something that has especially been true since the U.S.-led 2003 invasion of Iraq toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, who launched a bloody, yearslong war ...

Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, arrived in Iraq on Wednesday for his first trip abroad since taking office in July, a demonstration of the value the Iranians place on the strategic alliance with their neighbor as tensions rise in the region around them.

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in northern Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region on Thursday, aiming to bolster ties on his first official trip abroad since taking office in July. Mr Pezeshkian was received in Erbil by the Kurdish region's President Nechirvan Barzani in Erbil,

Iran's reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian traveled to Iraq on Wednesday on his first trip abroad, hoping to cement Tehran's ties to Baghdad as regional tensions increasingly pull both countries into the widening Middle East fray.