Japan to extend $300 million in loans for upgrades to Iraq oil refinery

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Japan has built a friendly relationship with Tehran while also being allied with Washington.
54% : The originally itinerary said he would fly from Istanbul straight to Tehran on Saturday morning.
51% : After Iran, Motegi will travel to Qatar before returning home on Tuesday.
49% : During the visit to Iran, he will also meet with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a former deputy foreign minister who is set to succeed Zarif under the Raisi administration.
41% : Separately, the Foreign Ministry said a meeting has been set for Sunday between Motegi and new Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, an anti-U.S. conservative hard-liner who took office this month, in Tehran.
33% : The meeting comes as Iran faces a deadlock in nuclear talks with the United States and Europe.
24% : Raisi has called for the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Iran, which have been strengthened since 2018 when President Donald Trump's administration pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.

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