Analysis Quds Force chief’s low-profile Baghdad visit highlights Iran's strategic pivot In a brief Baghdad visit, Iranian Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani sought to mend Iraq's fractured Shiite bloc and restore Tehran's faltering regional influence, signaling its urgent recalibration after major setbacks in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria. By A correspondent in Tehran In Tehran, reporting on politics
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