ALBAWABA - Iraqi ambassador to Iran Nasir Abdul Mohsen, is set to return to Tehran "within the next few hours" to resume his diplomatic duties in Tehran. The decision comes weeks after Baghdad called him following Iran's Revolutionary Guards missile (IRGC) assaults on Erbil, Kurdistan.
The Iraqi government has instructed the Iraqi ambassador in Tehran, Nasir Abdul Mohsen, to return to his regular duties at the Iraqi embassy in Iran, according to two diplomatic officials in Baghdad who spoke with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed news outlet.
According to one of the officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity, Abdul Mohsen will travel to Tehran within the next two days.
Nonetheless, the second official has stated that the return of Abdul Mohsen will take place "within hours," implying that the ambassador's return corresponds with several security agreements between Iraq and Iran, including Iranian vows to "respect Iraq's sovereignty."
On January 16, the Iraqi ambassador to Tehran was summoned to discuss the developments following Iran's strikes on multiple locations in Erbil, Kurdistan.
Later on January 15, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired a volley of ballistic missiles against Erbil, claiming to have targeted a "Zionist regime's spy headquarters in northern Iraq," but providing no evidence.
Iraqi and Kurdish officials have denied Iran's accusations. The strikes killed four persons, two of whom were businesspeople, and wounded six others. On January 17, Iraq's foreign ministry stated that it would take all legal actions, including submitting a protest to the UN Security Council.
However, no remarks from the government on the complaint have been made, and the UN Security Council has not declared that it has received any complaints from Iraq on this topic.
Iraqi political affairs researcher Ahmed Al-Naimi told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that Baghdad's reaction to both Iranian and repeated American attacks was mainly aimed at maintaining its image in front of the Iraqi public, without any international or practical impact.
