Iranian Firms Invited to Work on Projects in Iraq
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Mohsen Al-Mandalawi invited Iranian companies to embark on various construction projects in his country.
In a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, held in Tehran on Sunday, Mandalawi hailed the growing relations between the two neighbors.
Urging the implementation of the previous cooperation agreements between Baghdad and Tehran, the deputy speaker invited Iranian companies to get involved in the engineering and construction projects in Iraq.
He pointed to Iraq’s firm condemnation of the Israeli atrocities against Gaza, saying the Iraqi parliament has called for an emergency meeting of the parliament speakers of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union to discuss the Gaza crisis.
For his part, Amirabdollahian lauded the Iraqi people, government and parliament’s support for the Palestinian people, highlighted Iraq’s role in the settlement of the Gaza crisis, and called for closer cooperation between Iran and Iraq to ensure regional peace and stability.
At least 15,500 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza since October 7.
The Zionist regime’s military has widened its ground offensive in southern Gaza as Palestinian officials say more than 800 people have been killed since Saturday.
