Khatibzadeh said on Saturday that raising the flag of Iraqi Kurdistan Region during the official reception of Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Thursday was a mistake made by the reception team in the airport, IRNA reported.

Iran has always respected Iraq’s territorial integrity and this is a unchangeable policy, he added.

Nechirvan Barzani traveled to Iran to attend the inauguration of Iran's new President Ebrahim Raisi.

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