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Iran’s Ghalibaf makes high-level visit to Iraq ahead of disarmament deadline
Iran’s Ghalibaf makes high-level visit to Iraq ahead of disarmament deadline
The Iraqi parliament speaker is calling on his Iranian counterpart to help Iraq export oil through Hormuz amid the regional conflict.
Adam Lucente
Aug 19, 2026
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Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf speaks during a press conference at the site where Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was killed by a US airstrike in 2020 near the airport upon his arrival in Baghdad, on Aug. 19, 2026. — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images
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Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf visited Iraq on Wednesday, marking the second visit by a senior Iranian official to the country this month as the Islamic Republic looks to shore up ties ahead of a deadline to disarm militias.
What happened: Ghalibaf was received at the airport in Baghdad by the first deputy speaker of Iraq's parliament, Adnan Faihan al-Dulaimi, the Iraqi News Agency reported.
Ghalibaf first visited the site where Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and Kataib Hezbollah head Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed. He told reporters that the bond between Iran and Iraq is “unbreakable” and........
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