In the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, clashes broke out early Tuesday in the eastern neighborhood of Nablus between resistance activists and Iraqi National Guards, officials said. One person was killed and another injured.
Two policemen were killed when a bomb they were trying to defuse exploded on a street in the Kurdish-run city of Irbil.
Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi in a cable sent Monday to his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari described the elections in Iraq a "success" and a "sign of nobility of the Iraqi people", IRNA reported.
According to the Foreign Ministry Media Department, Kharrazi described the elections in Iraq an important step on the way to establish a democratic structure based on the people's determination.
The news agency said that Kharrazi congratulated the Iraqi government and nation for holding such a glorious election and expressed hope that it brings stability and security to the region without the presence of alien forces as well as expansion of bilateral relations between both countries.
In the meantime, Iraq reopened its borders Tuesday and flights again took off from Baghdad International Airport as authorities eased security restrictions imposed to protect last weekend's elections.
Royal Jordanian Airlines said its morning flight departed without incident and arrived about 90 minutes later in Amman. An Interior Ministry official said land borders with Syria and Jordan had reopened.
Iraqi officials clamped down stringent security measures ahead of the Sunday vote, including an election day ban on most private vehicles and extended hours for the nighttime curfew.
