IRNA � Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif heading a high-ranking politico-economic delegation left Tehran for Baghdad on Sunday.

Senior managers of several Iranian state and private sector companies are accompanying Zarif in this trip, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said.

Holding talks with high-ranking Iraqi officials, taking part in Iran-Iraq joint trade conference in Karbala and Sulaymaniyah are also on Zarif's itinerary.