Iran Claims Iraq Expulsion Deal

BaghdadIraq will expel a separatist group, Iran’s state-run Mehr News Agency reported.

Members would be evicted from the Kurdistan Region or handed over to Iran.

Iran’s ambassador Mohammad Kazem Al-e-Sadeq said the deal came in a security meeting attended by Iraqi national security adviser Qasim al-Aboudi.

The report carries no confirmation from Baghdad or Erbil and does not name the group.

The report gives no date for the expulsions or handovers.

How each outlet framed it

Mehr News Agency: relays the Iranian ambassador's claim that Iraq agreed to hand Kurdish group members over to Iran, framed as security cooperation