Iraqi PM Seeks to Develop Relations with Iran
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said he has established a committee to develop the country’s relations with Iran. .Maliki also told Iranian state-run television that his government would not allow the use of Iraqi territory as a threat against its neighbors, alluding to the US troops deployed in Iraq and the anti-Iranian terrorist opposition group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization. Iraq has vowed to expel the MKO from the country in the near future.