Iran's Rouhani arrives in Iraq on first official visit: State TV

BAGHDAD:

Iran

's president

Hassan Rouhani

arrived in Iraq on Monday for his first official visit, state television said, as

Baghdad

is under pressure from Washington to limit ties with its neighbour.


Before leaving

Tehran

Rouhani hailed the "special" relations between Iran and Iraq saying they could not be compared to Baghdad's ties "with an aggressor country like America", adding that the Islamist republic is always ready to help its neighbours when they ask for assistance.