Baghdad Moves Diplomatically to Bring Washington and Tehran to the Dialogue Table

Informed Iraqi government officials confirmed the launch of an intensive and rapid mediation mission led personally by Baghdad to arrange emergency, behind-closed-doors talks between senior US and Iranian officials. Iraqi diplomacy is frantically racing against time to prevent the spark of the regional conflict from spreading within its borders, aiming to completely neutralize Iraqi territories from becoming a bloody battleground for settling international scores in which Iraq has no direct stake.