TEHRAN –
Iran has the “brave” Iraqi people and the government in Baghdad Sunday, congratulations on the liberation of the city of Mosul. Sunday, the last fighters of the Islamic State from the city driven.
“If the Iraqis cooperate, they can achieve anything”, wrote minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif on Twitter.
Iran and Iraq share a 1,400-km long border. Against the sunni IS in Iraq fighting also shiite militias, many of which are closely associated with the shiite Iran. Also the Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi is a shiite.