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Judiciary Chief: Iraq Favors Broadening Ties with Iran, FARS News Agency (Iran), May 18, 2014

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Al-Shammari, for his part, hailed Iran’s determination to support the Iraqi stability and security as well as the democratic process.

“Broadening judicial relations between Iran and Iraq is the most important goal of my four-day visit to Tehran,” al-Mahmoud told reporters after a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Amoli Larijani in Tehran on Sunday.

He noted that the two countries’ judicial delegations should exchange visits in a bid to deepen the bilateral relations.

Al-Mahmoud pointed to his meeting Amoli Larijani, and said, “The meeting pursued expansion of ties and achieving the planned objectives.”

During his four-day visit to Iran, al-Mahmoud is also slated to confer with other high ranking officials, including President Hassan Rouhani and Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani.

Iran and Iraq have enjoyed growing ties ever since the overthrow of the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, during the 2003 US invasion of the Muslim country.

In mid-April, Iranian Justice Minister Mostafa Pour Mohammadi and his Iraqi counterpart Hassan al-Shammari in a meeting in Baghdad explored avenues for bolstering and reinvigorating mutual cooperation.

Pour Mohammadi pointed to the current Iran-Iraq judicial relations, and said, “The two countries should expand judicial cooperation, organize cross-border travel, tackle illegal entries and determine the fate of detainees.”

Al-Shammari, for his part, hailed Iran’s determination to support the Iraqi stability and security as well as the democratic process.

During the meeting, the Iranian and Iraqi justice ministers signed a memorandum of understating (MoU) on extradition of prisoners.

According to the agreement, the Iranian and Iraqi justice ministries will set up a joint committee at the earliest to examine the situation of the prisoners and prepare the ground for their extradition.

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