Survival: Iran and Iraq's long-standing ties will not be disrupted by American pressures/Iran and Iraq are each other's permanent neighbors.
🔹 The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in response to a question about the visit of a delegation from the Iraqi presidency to Tehran and the statements of Fouad Hossein, the foreign minister of this country, about the developments in the region and the American pressure on Baghdad as well as about the transfer of the American offer to Iran:
🔹 Traveling between Iran and neighboring countries is a natural and normal thing. At different levels, economic, commercial and political delegations travel between countries. In the current situation, due to the disruptions in flights and air travel caused by American pressure, these movements are being monitored more closely. Otherwise, the nature of cooperation with neighbors requires the creation of such communication.
🔹 Regarding the pressures that are said to be exerted on Iraq, these pressures, however heavy they may be, cannot and must not distort the long-standing ties between the Iranians and the Iraqis. Iran and Iraq are two neighbors that have been and will be forever. The people of Iraq and Iran know very well that others come and go, but we as permanent neighbors are supposed to live next to each other.
🔹 Iraqis must not have forgotten that when the US launched a ground attack on Iraq at the head of a coalition, all roads were closed to the residents of this country and Iraq was subject to heavy sanctions by the UN and regional countries. Under these circumstances, Iran, as a friend and companion of the people of Iraq, with the foresight did not allow the sanctions that were applied against the people of this country.
Therefore, I am confident that based on the ongoing talks between Iran, Iraq and other neighbors, the collective interests of countries and bilateral and regional interests will overcome any pressure and threats from outside the region.