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Shafaq News – Baghdad / Tehran

Baghdad and Tehran agreed on Sunday to
strengthen intelligence sharing and border enforcement after talks between
Iran’s police chief Brig. Gen. Ahmad Reza Radan and senior Iraqi officials.

In a statement, the Iraqi Interior Ministry
said Radan met Minister Abdul Amir al-Shammari to discuss arms and drug
smuggling, cross-border crime, and the implementation of existing security
agreements. Al-Shammari pointed to coordinated operations that led to the
arrest of major traffickers and individuals wanted for organized crimes.

Iran’s state-run Mehr News Agency reported
that Radan also met Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Chief Faleh al-Fayyad,
with discussions focused on smuggling along the “vulnerable”
1,600-kilometer frontier and closer intelligence coordination, amid what the
agency described as Israeli incitement that has “fueled trafficking
activity.”

Read more: Iraqi–Iranian Security MoU rekindles a decade of border deals—and old controversies.