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Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards march during a military parade to commemorate the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war in Tehran. (photo credit: MORTEZA NIKOUBAZI/ REUTERS)

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 Iran wants to hold joint military exercises with Iraq, an Iranian news website reported on Monday, potentially increasing the alliance and link between Baghdad and Tehran. It comes as an Iranian diplomat visited Mosul and also after a commander of Iran’s air defense indicated Tehran could work with Baghdad on its air defense requirements. Joint military exercises would be a major step in the alliance between Iraq and Iran.

Now Iran appears to be taking things to the next level. An Iranian diplomat visited Mosul this week, according to photos posted online. Morteza Ebadi, the Iranian consul-general in Erbil, has sought to increase ties with northern Iraq. Rudaw reported in May that he said economic trade between the Kurdistan Regional Government and Iran could increase to $5 billion this year, from $4 billion previously. Mosul, which is one of Iraq’s largest cities, is in Nineveh province next to the KRG.
 

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