Iraq: Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi will visit Tehran on an unannounced trip to ease regional tensions.
Iraq's ambassador to Iran, Yasser Abdul Zahra al-Hajjaj, announced the visit in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency, saying that it would be conducted in an unannounced manner. The purpose of the trip is to discuss ways to extinguish the war in the region, and al-Hajjaj said that Iraq is acting according to its highest national interests and putting its diplomatic efforts at the service of de-escalation. The Prime Minister will meet with senior Iranian officials in Tehran.