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Iran’s oil ministry opens offices in Baghdad, Basra, Kurdistan

Iran is opening offices for its oil ministries in several Iraqi cities to expand cooperation in oil, gas and other energy sectors.

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A picture taken on July 15, 2019 shows a partial view of the massive Majnoon oil field, some 40 kms from the eastern border with Iran, north of the Iraqi city of Basra. — HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images

The Iranian oil ministry has opened an office in Baghdad to expand the energy cooperation between the two countries.

“The Baghdad office will manage all other offices that the ministry is planning to open in the near future,” said Sayyed Abbas Beheshti, head of the ministry's Iraq desk, which also plans to open offices in Basra and Kurdistan.

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