Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks on possible US-led strikes against Syria with Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad on Sunday, on his first overseas trip since being appointed.
'Zarif’s one-day trip is also due to include a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari, and comes as the White House presses for strikes against Iranian ally Damascus over an alleged chemical weapons attack last month.