Baghdad, March 25, IRNA -- Head of Iran's Islamic Culture and Communications Organization Mahmoud Mohammadi Araqi said here on Thursday that Iran is ready to set up a cultural and arts center in Baghdad.

Araqi and head of the Supreme Assembly of Islamic Revolution in Iraq Abdulaziz Hakim also reached agreement on better welfare and ccommodation services for Iranian pilgrims visiting Iraq, expansion of bilateral cultural and scientific ties between Iranian and Iraqi academic institutions and exchange of delegations of artists for further cooperation in related fields.

Hakim is to inform other Iraqi Governing Council members on Iran's call for better welfare and accommodation services for Iranian pilgrims in Iraq.

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