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Iranian commander Esmail Qaani arrived in Baghdad on Saturday to meet political leaders and representatives of armed factions and to discuss the Middle East war and its impact on Iraq, a senior Iraqi official told AFP.Political deadlock over the nomination of Iraq’s next prime minister would also be on the agenda, the official said of Qaani’s first reported trip abroad since a US-Iran ceasefire began on April 8.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Qaani, whose visits to Iraq are rarely announced, heads the Quds Force, the foreign operations branch of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.Iraq has long walked a tightrope between the competing influences of its allies -- neighboring Iran and the United States -- with Iraqi leaders struggling to maintain a delicate balance between the two foes.Iraq was drawn into the Middle East war with strikes targeting Iran-backed groups, which in turn have claimed attacks on US interests, mostly in Iraq
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