Iraqi MP: Openness between Washington and Tehran will have a positive impact on Iraq

BAGHDAD / NINA / A member of the parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations, Imad Youkhana said: "The openness between Washington and Tehran would have a positive impact on Iraq." Youkhana said in a press statement on Tuesday 1, Oct: "The diplomatic openness between the U.S. and Iran would create a kind of spirit of optimism because Iran is a pivotal state in the region as well as the United States." He added: "Any tension between the two parties affects the regional affairs," explaining that" the positive shift in US - Iranian relations began since the elections in Iran and the victory of the reformists led by Rohani." It is mentioned that political and diplomatic circles in New York recently traded news of a marked improvement in Iran - US relations, after the participation of Iran's new president Hassan Rohani in the meetings of the General Assembly of the United Nations. News was traded about the possibility of a meeting between American and Iranian officials on the sidelines of the meetings of the General Assembly of the United Nations. " New York Times, the U.S. newspaper cited that deteriorating relations since a long time between Iran and the United States embarked on an important turning point by holding first telephone contact between U.S. President Barack Obama and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rohani since Tehran hostage crisis in 1979. The newspaper said : "The two presidents agreed to speed up the process of the talks aimed to end the dispute over controversial Iran's nuclear program, and also they expressed optimism about the possibility of rapprochement something that would transform the Middle East." / End