Iran, Iraq to share intelligence to combat crimes

Iran’s Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar says that Iran and Iraq will share intelligence to fight organized crime.

“Sharing intelligence with Iraq and the Kurdistan regional government in order to serve mutual interests and to fight organized crimes has been put on Iran’s agenda,” Fars news agency quoted Mohammad-Najjar as saying.

The Iranian minister was in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh on Wednesday to attend a summit of Iraq’s neighboring countries.

“Insecurity and instability in Iraq and the [Middle East] region is not genuine and has been imposed on the region by foreign powers that are trying to pursue their illegitimate interest,” he added.

“Iran, once again, highlights the importance of rapid and unconditional withdrawal of the occupation forces from Iraq as the main factor for establishing security and stability in the country,” Iran’s Interior Minister concluded.