Iraqi PM Goes to Iran After Ailing King Stalls Regional Tour

Bloomberg

20 July 2020

Iraq’s new prime minister will go ahead with a scheduled trip to Iran on Tuesday after a first stop in Saudi Arabia was postponed, pressing on with a mission to shore up his country’s sovereignty and drum up desperately needed investment. It will be the first foreign trip as Iraq’s leader for Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who is less beholden to Iran, as demonstrated by a recent raid on a major pro-Iranian militia and his pledge to rein in pro-Iranian forces, said James Dorsey, a Senior Fellow at the RSIS in Singapore. Although he’s cast as pro-American, Kadhimi was appointed with Iranian acquiescence, Dorsey said.

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