page_title: Hassan Rouhani
section_title: Iraq
hierarchical_section_title: Hassan Rouhani / Presidency (2013–present) / Foreign policy / Iraq
caption_attribution_description: English: Pakistan PM Imran Khan met with Ali Khamenei فارسی: دیدار عمران خان نخست‌وزیر پاکستان و هیئت همراه با سید علی خامنه‌ای
context_page_description: Hassan Rouhani is an Iranian politician serving as the seventh and current President of Iran since 3 August 2013. He was also a lawyer, academic, former diplomat and Islamic cleric. He has been a member of Iran's Assembly of Experts since 1999, member of the Expediency Council since 1991, and a member of the Supreme National Security Council since 1989.
  Rouhani was deputy speaker of the fourth and fifth terms of the Parliament of Iran and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 1989 to 2005. In the latter capacity, he was the country's top negotiator with the EU three, UK, France, and Germany, on nuclear technology in Iran, and has also served as a Shi'ite ijtihadi cleric, and economic trade negotiator. He has expressed official support for upholding the rights of ethnic and religious minorities. In 2013, he appointed former industries minister Eshaq Jahangiri as his first vice-president.
  On 7 May 2013, Rouhani registered for the presidential election that was held on 14 June 2013. He said that, if elected, he would prepare a "civil rights charter", restore the economy and improve rocky relations with Western nations. Rouhani is frequently described as a moderate.
context_section_description: Rouhani has termed Iran–Iraq relations "brotherly" and signed several agreements with Iraq. Right after the Northern Iraq offensive, Iran was the first country to send support for Iraq and is a "key player" in Military intervention against the ISIL.
caption: Ali Khamenei and Rouhani with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, 22 April 2019
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