Iraqi religious delegation to visit Iran

The Iraqi daily al-Zoura said Thursday that an Iraqi religious delegation will head for Tehran at the beginning of next week for a seven-day visit. The paper explained that the visit aims at meeting with senior men of religion and societies concerned with Islamic affairs as well as addressing issues of concern to the two countries.

The visit of the Iraqi religious delegation to Tehran falls in the course of normalizing relations between the two countries, especially after the two sides agreed to resolve the issue of prisoners before the end of this year and to permit the Iranian pilgrims to visit the holy shrines in Iraq.