Imam in Friday Najaf: relations with Iran should not fall victim to external pressures.
In his sermons this week, Imam Seyed Sadr al-Din Kabanchi on Friday in Najaf criticized the fluctuations in decision-making in the reopening of the border crossings, and emphasized the need to protect the interests of the Iraqi people and maintain strategic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Expressing surprise at the manner in which border crossings such as Al-Shayib (Chezba) and Mandali (Sumer) were closed and reopened, Hojtolaslam Kabanchi clarified that border decisions should not be imposed under the influence of high orders or external pressures.
He emphasized the need to pay serious attention to the interests and feelings of the Iraqi people, and called for the country's decisions to be distanced from foreign pressures.