ISHM: March 16 – 30, 2023 – Iraq

Key Takeaways:

• Iraq And Iran Sign Border Security Agreement; Sudani Asks Erdogan To Release More Water; Parliament Passes Controversial Election Law Amendments – On March 19, the head of Iran’s supreme national security council, Ali Shamkhani, visited Baghdad to sign a new border security agreement meant to combat the presence of Iranian opposition groups along the Iran-Iraq border in Kurdistan. On March 21, PM Sudani arrived in Ankara and met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Sudani and Erdogan then led their…