Iran invites Iraqi, Syrian presidents to Tehran
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Iran has invited the Iraqi and Syrian presidents for a summit to hash out ways to cooperate in curbing the runaway violence that has taken Iraq to the verge of civil war
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Delegates from the United States and Iran are at the same table Saturday, at a meeting in Baghdad to discuss security for war-torn Iraq. The meeting could break the ice or offer new opportunities for discord between Washington and Tehran. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said he did not want his country to be a political battleground.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki makes his first official visit to Iran since taking office four months ago.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Iran on Saturday to discuss instability in Iraq and the crisis in Lebanon, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday and pledged to strengthen the alliance between their countries, which are both under U.S.-led pressure.
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Iranian Majlis deputy and member of foreign policy and national security commission Elham Aminzadeh said Monday the forthcoming trip of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi to Iran ushers in a new chapter in bilateral relations.
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Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, right, talks with Iraqi Vice-President, Ibrahim al-Jafari, during their official meeting in Tehran, Iran, Saturday Nov. 27, 2004.
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Iran's president heads to Saudi Arabia on Saturday for discussions with King Abdullah, an indication that weeks of talks between their envoys on simmering conflicts in Iraq and Lebanon have made some headway.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was due to visit Iran on Monday amid growing calls for Washington to engage Tehran in dialogue to help stop Iraq sliding into civil war.
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The Bush administration and interim  Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi are pushing several Western  and Middle Eastern countries, including Iran, to join in  holding a conference in October to boost Iraq's electoral  process, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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TEHRAN -- Iran yesterday touted its weekend summit with the Iraqi and Syrian presidents, scheduled only days before President Bush holds a summit of his own with Iraq's prime minister. With the United States looking for a way out of Iraq, Tehran is aiming to secure a larger role in the region.
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Iraq's deputy prime minister visited Tehran on Sunday in what appeared to be an attempt at fence-mending between the former enemies whose relations have been bruised by growing Iraqi allegations that Iran is supporting the insurgency in Iraq.
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Iraq invited officials from Iran, Syria and other neighboring nations to Baghdad next month to discuss the security situation in the country, a government official said Thursday.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make a historic trip to Iraq sometime before March 19, state media reported Monday, the first such visit ever by an Iranian leader.
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The Bush administration and interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi are pushing several Western and Middle Eastern countries, including Iran, to join in holding a conference in October to boost Iraq's electoral process, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad has told Iraq he supports a crackdown on Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq but wants a peaceful solution to the crisis, Iraq's government said.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accepted an invitation to visit Baghdad, Iraq's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, a landmark trip that would make him the first leader of Iran to visit its former foe.