Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian will leave Tehran for the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Wednesday, marking his first foreign trip since taking office in late July, Iranian media has reported.
During the visit, Pezeshkian is expected to meet with high-ranking Iraqi officials and sign several cooperation agreements and security memoranda, Xinhua news agency reported, citing Iran’s official news agency, IRNA.
Iranian Ambassador to Iraq, Mohammad-Kazem Al-e Sadeq, told IRNA that the trip is at the invitation of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani and that Pezeshkian will lead a high-level delegation.