was speaking after meeting iraq's prime minister was stuffing me in the iranian capital but ayatollah ali khamenei warned that the u.s. is an enemy and doesn't want and dependent iraq. iraqi prime minister mustapha to me is the 1st official iran's supreme leader has welcomed face to face and 5 months ayatollah ali khamenei is matings have been called off until now because of the coronavirus pandemic these talks a privilege reserved to one of iran's most important allies harmony using the occasion to warn about the influence of the united states saying it's against an independent iraq and. the rivalry between tehran and washington came close to open conflict on iraqi soil earlier this year when the u.s. launched air strikes in baghdad killing iranian military commander. must offer a way into tehran gets a point out that iraq would not be a battle field for iran and the u.s. but also aware that iran is crucial to iraq's security as well as its financial recovery from the pandemic. from the iraqi people always are supplier to exceptional bilateral cooperation based on mutual respect and without any i

iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei defended the country's foreign minister who was denounced by hardline politicians who called him a lawyer surrounds a reef was heckled during his address to parliament on foreign policy issues last sunday. there have been calls for calm from a prominent them ahmed mali phone violent antigovernment protests ali's president has promised to form a national unity government and dissolve the constitutional court response to protesters who want him to resign. images on social media appear to show a libyan warlord wholly for hostile as mobilizing towards the city of sirte libya's un recognized government shared the images saying they show armed vehicles and 2 russian made air defense systems moving toward the strategic port city forces back easy tripoli based government have been massed on the outskirts of sirte the coastal city is a gateway to major oil facilities in the region. meanwhile billions of dollars worth of currency printed in russia are being circulated in libya the un recognized government in tripoli says the rival dinars to the centra

most of them me met with ayatollah ali khamenei president hassan rouhani into iran during his 1st foreign trip since taking office in may. germany's foreign minister has called on turkey to stop drilling in the eastern mediterranean if it hopes for any progress in talks with the e.u. high court mass also says egypt's decision to send troops abroad for potential military intervention in libya could escalate the conflict egyptian president of the sisi has previously pledged support for forces loyal to ward cleaver hafter that's if tripoli's government and its turkish allies attack the city of sirte the area is controlled by have to us forces and as a gateway to libya's oil rich region johnson says in athens he says the german foreign minister has delivered a very clear message. it was really all of the same mindsets the 2 statements on on what turkey is doing in the eastern mediterranean in wars as opposed to be a g. and what it's doing in libya of course and germany wants to avoid escalation in libya the statement of the foreign minister was the decisions on military operations are not to

european powers saying that they failed to salvage the 2050 nuclear deal in the televised speech ayatollah ali khamenei accused them of affecting economic blow that what he called hollow promises the u.s. pulled out of that deal in 2018 and re impose sanctions several european countries say they're dedicated to saving the agreement. in libya dozens of captured teenage fighters have been released as part of an amnesty for the holiday they were among hundreds taken prisoner june cleaver have to fail the battle to seize the capital tripoli 41 young men have been set free as mahmud of the war had reports from as we . know him and he is celebrating their release of her son mohammed from prison you know city worst of tripoli. she came from the libyan coastal city of to meet him. he had been detained along with other young fighters recruited by the warlords have to. be ending up with his father and i never wanted him to join the forces but he did it behind our backs we will never allow that to happen again mohammed was among nearly $200.00 pro have to fight from amman cities they were captured by government f

prime minister is in iran where he's met with the president hassan rouhani and supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei its. first foreign trip since taking office in may the leaders discussed several issues including boosting trade and supporting each other in the fight against terrorism and carter means visit was meant to come after a trip to saudi arabia been cancelled as saudi king of the lizzie's is in hospital . to our brothers in iraq and i see our people hold positive sentiments to yours and the iraqi people always ask prior to exceptional bilateral cooperation based on mutual respect and without any intervention in domestic affairs we fought against isis and other terrorist groups and iran was the 1st to stand by our side and this cannot be forgotten was a bus driver has more from tehran. we have to remember that the new prime minister took over the role in iraq just around 2 months ago when he began by cracking down on pro iranian militias and if that was the stick on this 1st diplomatic visit his 1st time out of the country's prime minister's 1st time visiting iran as prime minister he broug

moustapha to me is the 1st official iran's supreme leader has welcomed face to face and 5 months ayatollah ali khamenei is matings have been called off until now because of the coronavirus pandemic these talks a privilege reserved to one of iran's most important allies harmony using the occasion to warn about the influence of the united states saying it's against an independent iraq and the rivalry between tehran and washington came close to open conflict on iraqi soil earlier this year when the u.s. launched air strikes in baghdad killing iranian military commander. must offer a way into tehran a gets a point out that iraq would not be a battlefield for iran and the u.s. but also aware that iran is crucial to iraq's security as well as its financial recovery from the pandemic. most. people are supplier to accept to a corporation based on a neutral caressa back that and without any intervention in domestic affairs we fought against isis and other terrorist groups and iran was the 1st to stand by our side. while the coronavirus manes the visit was socially distant both sides wanted to emphasize the clos