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Iran’s Rouhani arrives in Iraq on first official visit: state TV

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Iran's Rouhani arrives in Iraq on first official visit: state TVIran’s President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Iraq on Monday for his first official visit, state television said, as Baghdad is under pressure from Washington to limit ties with its neighbour. Before leaving Tehran Rouhani hailed the “special” relations between Iran and Iraq, saying they could not be compared to Baghdad’s ties “with an aggressor country like America”.