Publish Date: 15 August 2017 - 11:32

TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) – Iraq Interior Minister Qasim al-Araji paid a pilgrimage visit to Mashhad on Tuesday.

The Iraq Interior Minister Qasim al-Araji, who has been visiting Iran in recent days, arrived in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi province, on Tuesday for a pilgrimage to Imam Reza's holy shrine.

He was warmly received by the governor of Khorasan Razavi, upon his arrival to Mashhad.

Qasim al-Araji also traveled to Qom on Monday.

He met with his Iranian counterpart Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli on Sunday in Tehran, signing a joint MoU for the trip to Karbala during Arbaeen pilgrimage.

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