Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, centre, visits the shrine of Imam Ali in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf on September 12. It was his first foreign trip as Iran's president. AP
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, centre, visits the shrine of Imam Ali in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf on September 12. It was his first foreign trip as Iran's president. AP


Pezeshkian's Iraq visit was rich in symbolism, but what did it amount to?



September 19, 2024


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