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Iraq cool to Iranian offers of military cooperation

Iran is seeking to sell weapons and military equipment to Iraq through military cooperation agreements between the two countries, but Iraq is holding back.
Members of the Iraqi security forces stand guard during the reopening of the Iraqi capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square on October 31, 2020. - Iraqi authorities reopened Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, in a sign of easing tensions a year after the launch of an anti-government protest movement. Protests demanding a total overhaul of the ruling class lost momentum then ground to a halt in the spring due to the coronavirus crisis and rising US-Iran tensions. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP) (Photo by SABAH ARA

Iraqi Minister of Defense Juma Inad paid an official visit to Tehran Nov. 14 in response to the invitation of his Iranian counterpart Minister of Defense Amir Hatami a few weeks ago.

Hatami said, “The Iranian Ministry of Defense is ready to beef up Iraq’s defense capacities and provide the needs of the armed forces.”

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