EghtesadOnline: Promotion of cooperation between Iran and Iraq is vital in order to guarantee security of common borders, Iranian border commander said in the western province of Kermanshah on Wednesday.

EghtesadOnline: Iran and Iraq have started a new round of discussions to promote cooperation in the area of energy.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Minister of Industries, Mining and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh signed a memorandum of understanding with Iraqi labor and social affairs minister and caretaker of industry and minerals ministry, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, in Tehran on Sunday to set up and renovate industrial parks in Iraq.

EghtesadOnline: Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh said Iran is ready to expand relations with Iraq, especially in reconstruction of the war-stricken city of Mosul.