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Iran vows to 'strengthen cordial ties with Iraq in all areas' after elections

Iran Press TV

Friday, 14 November 2025 9:27 AM

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has congratulated Iraq on holding a peaceful parliamentary election earlier this week, saying it serves as a "significant step" towards enhancing the country's democratic process.

Araghchi made the remarks in an X post on Friday, three days after Iraqis voted to elect members of their 329-seat parliament.

"Congratulations to the brotherly people and government of Iraq for successful management of peaceful parliamentary elections," he said.

"The election was a significant step forward in consolidating the democratic process in Iraq and in safeguarding the sovereignty and security of the nation."

Araghchi also expressed Tehran's determination to further strengthen cordial relations with Baghdad in all areas of mutual interest.

Iraq's electoral commission announced a voter turnout of 56.11 percent in the election, saying Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani's Reconstruction and Development Alliance garnered the most votes.

Sudani said the election turnout was "clear evidence of another success" that reflected the "restoration of confidence in the political system."

Emphasizing that "the next phase aims to formulate a new government capable of representing its programs," he noted that his coalition is "open to all parties without exception."

Iraq is currently recovering from decades of war, occupation, and terrorist attacks.

The United States invaded Iraq in 2003 based on false claims about Baghdad possessing weapons of mass destruction, leaving a trail of destruction, death, and chaos in the Arab country.

The US and its allies re-launched a military campaign in 2014 to supposedly fight off Daesh. The terrorist group had emerged in Iraq and neighboring Syria earlier as Washington was running out of excuses to extend its meddling in the West Asia region or enlarge it in scale.

The US military claimed to be ending its combat mission in Iraq in 2021, but said it would retain some 2,500 troops in the country as alleged advisors, although, Baghdad and its allies had decisively defeated terrorists with the help of Iran in late 2017.