Iranian official: Nijaifi to visit Tehran next Saturday

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Deputy Speaker of the Iranian Islamic Shwra Council, Hussein Sheikh al-Islami, stated that the Iraqi parliament Speaker, Osama al-Nijaifi, will visit Tehran next week.

The Iranian Fares News Agency quoted Sheikh al-Islami, as saying “The visit of the Iraqi delegation will discuss promoting the parliamentary and economic relations between the two countries in addition to discuss the regional updates.”

“Nijaifi will arrive in Tehran on Saturday with a key delegation where his visit will last for three days and he will meet his Iranian counterpart, Ali Larijani and the Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani,” he concluded.