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(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad travelled to southern Iraq on Friday to visit two of the most sacred cities for Shiite Muslims amid tight security on the second day of his two-day visit to the country.
The Iranian president's visits to the cities of Najaf and Karbala during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan followed meetings with top Iraqi officials in Baghdad on Thursday that highlighted the tightening bonds between Shiite-led Iraq and Iran.
In Najaf and Karbala, Ahmadinejad on Friday followed in the footsteps of millions of Shiite pilgrims who have made the journey to the holy cities south of Baghdad.
In Najaf, security forces were deployed along the route used by Ahmadinejad's convoy from the airport to the Imam Ali shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shiite Islam. Major roads leading to the shrine itself were sealed off. Najaf is about 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of Baghdad.
The Iranian president waved to worshippers and smiled as he entered the gold-domed shrine. He appeared to weep while praying inside the resplendent holy site, which the tomb of Imam Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad (pbut).
Ahmadinejad's convoy then travelled to the city of Karbala. The city, 90 kilometres (55 miles) south of Baghdad, is home to the shrine of Imam Hussein (A), a central Shiite martyr who is Imam Ali's son and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (pbut).
He met Thursday with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other officials.
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The Iranian president's visits to the cities of Najaf and Karbala during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan followed meetings with top Iraqi officials in Baghdad on Thursday that highlighted the tightening bonds between Shiite-led Iraq and Iran.
In Najaf and Karbala, Ahmadinejad on Friday followed in the footsteps of millions of Shiite pilgrims who have made the journey to the holy cities south of Baghdad.
In Najaf, security forces were deployed along the route used by Ahmadinejad's convoy from the airport to the Imam Ali shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shiite Islam. Major roads leading to the shrine itself were sealed off. Najaf is about 160 kilometres (100 miles) south of Baghdad.
The Iranian president waved to worshippers and smiled as he entered the gold-domed shrine. He appeared to weep while praying inside the resplendent holy site, which the tomb of Imam Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad (pbut).
Ahmadinejad's convoy then travelled to the city of Karbala. The city, 90 kilometres (55 miles) south of Baghdad, is home to the shrine of Imam Hussein (A), a central Shiite martyr who is Imam Ali's son and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (pbut).
He met Thursday with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other officials.
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