Iranian foreign minister visits neighboring Iraq

Iran's new foreign minister arrived in Iraq on Sunday on his first trip abroad since taking office, underscoring the growing links between the two Shiite-led neighbors.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was met at Baghdad International Airport by his Iraqi counterpart, Hoshyar Zebari. He is also meeting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the parliament speaker, Osama al-Nujaifi, in a visit likely to focus on the civil war raging across Iraq's border in Syria. (AP)