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An Iranian delegation that includes the country8217;s top security official left Tehran on Sunday for Baghdad for talks with the US on Iraq8217;s security, IRNA news agency reported.
Iran said Monday8217;s talks will include discussions on security, a timetable for US forces to leave Iraq, Iran8217;s participation in Iraq8217;s reconstruction and the presence of MEK, also known as the People8217;s Mujahedeen of Iran, in Iraq,
it reported.
The ambassador-level talks will include Iranian security chief Muwaffaq al-Rubaii, IRNA said. It did not provide further details.
The Baghdad talks, which both sides say will focus solely on Iraq, are the first of their kind and a small sign that Washington thinks rapprochement is possible after nearly three decades of animosity.
There is great distrust between the two nations, which are now in dispute over Iran8217;s nuclear programme. The US also accuses Iran of arming and training Shiite militias in Iraq, which Iran denies. Iran says the presence of US troops has stoked the insurgency.
