Iraqi and Kurdistan Region officials have reviewed the implementation of the 2023 security agreement between Iraq and Iran during a meeting in Baghdad focused on border security and regional stability.
The meeting was chaired by Iraq’s National Security Adviser, Qassem al-Abboudi, and attended by a Kurdistan Region delegation led by Interior Minister Rebar Ahmed, along with senior security officials from both the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government.
According to Iraq’s National Security Advisory, discussions centred on the progress of the agreement, implementation procedures and timelines as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen security along the Iraq-Iran border.
The agreement, signed in 2023, requires Iraq to disarm and relocate Iranian Kurdish opposition groups away from the shared border following a series of Iranian missile and drone strikes targeting their positions in the Kurdistan Region.
Ahmed previously said the joint committee overseeing the agreement had completed its work and that the armed groups no longer posed a military or security threat along the border. Iraqi authorities have also closed dozens of bases previously used by the groups and transferred heavy weapons to the Peshmerga forces.
Iranian government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani recently said both countries remain in close contact and are continuing efforts to fully implement the agreement, citing a shared political commitment to its completion.
