Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi announced the resumption of flights with Iraq amid good security conditions, noting that “the resumption of ground visits to Iraq depends on the full guarantee of the safety of visitors.”

During a meeting of the Central Committee of the Forty, he indicated that “negotiations are underway with the Iraqi authorities, as well as with the Iranian embassy in Baghdad on the resumption of trips to the ground”, stressing at the same time that “the opening of the borders in itself is not enough, but there must be a complete confidence in the safety and security of visitors.”

And Secretary of the Arbaeen Ceremonies Committee in Iran, Yousef Afzali, announced that “all borders between Iran and Iraq will be open,” noting that Iranian pilgrims to holy places in Iraq “can travel.”

This happened after the leader of the “Sadrist movement” Muqtada al-Sadr called on his supporters to leave the streets, otherwise “I am innocent of them”, pointing out that “members of the popular crowd have nothing to do with what is happening, and the movement is disciplined and obedient , and I’m innocent of that if He didn’t walk out of Parliament within an hour, “after armed clashes in Iraq that resulted in a number of deaths and injuries, and spoke out against the background of Al-Sadr’s departure from political work.