Ali Akbar Velayati advises that Iraq's political legitimacy is derived from Najaf.

The entities involved

• Ali Akbar Velayati →

  Iranian politician and physician (born 1945)

  Nothing else this week.

• Iraq →

  sovereign state in Western Asia

  • Basra hosts the Grand Faw Port project, serving as a key transit hub for trade routes connecting China and Europe.Mon 17:06
  • Oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz as geopolitical risks in the Middle East affect oil prices, with Iraq ready to resume production.Mon 16:22
• Najaf →

  city in central-south Iraq

  • Flights to Iran have been suspended at airports in Erbil, Baghdad, and Najaf due to the ongoing US-Iran war.Sat 21:21

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