Iran joins forces with Iraq amid Trump's war threats; hails US army evacuation from Al-Asad airbase

Fuad Hussein says Iraq views its own security as inseparable from regional security, explicitly adding that “Iran’s security is part of regional security,” and stressing that Baghdad cares about the safety of the Iranian people and the wider region as a whole. Araghchi notes that the two sides “especially discussed” new political and diplomatic proposals between Iraq and Iran aimed at advancing stability and peace in the region, and separately hails the end of the UNAMI mission and the U.S. evacuation of Iraq’s al‑Asad airbase — with control handed to Iraqi forces — as further proof of Iraq’s growing independence, stability and political sovereignty, which Tehran “is very happy to see.”