Iran rejected Monday the landing of a plane carrying Iraqi parliament speaker on its territories, citing a technical problem at the airport.
Iran's embassy in Baghdad said in a statement that Mahmoud al-Mashhadani's plane was refused to land at the Tehran Airport because there was a technical problem on the airport side.
Iraqi media has reported that Mashhadani, a Sunni, was on the way for a one-day visit to Iran.
Iran's Ambassador to Iraq Hassan Kazemi Qomi later met with Mashhadani and apologized for the incident, and Mashhadani's Iranian counterpart Ali Larijani also called to offer his apology, an Iraqi parliament official told Xinhua.
Mashhadani is scheduled to head to Syria on Tuesday to attend the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting, according to Iraqi media.
Source:Xinhua
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