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FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2020 file photo, the US Embassy is seen from across the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File) Baghdad - Asharq Al-Awsat
Iran announced Monday the visit of an Iraqi delegation, carrying a message from Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhimi to the Iranian leadership on the militias it backs in Iraq.
Kadhimi’s office has not issued any statement about sending a special envoy to Iran, but reports said the Iraqi delegation is headed by Abu Jihad al-Hashimi, who was a key member of former PM Adel Abdul Mahdi s office.
Observers said Hashimi’s mission mainly includes a request from Tehran to reign in its militias in Iraq.