Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein announced on Thursday that his country is hosting mediation talks between Egypt, Jordan, and Iran.
Without giving any further details, the top diplomat made the revelation during an interview with a Saudi-funded television.
Both Cairo and Amman have yet to comment on the report.
Improving relations between Tehran and Cairo serves the interest of the region and the world, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian stated earlier this week.
Since the two countries severed their relations following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, diplomatic representation between Egypt and Iran is at the level of interest section office.
In an effort to ease tension between the two regional arch-foes, Iraq has hosted several rounds of mediation talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Hussein called for turning the talks between Tehran and Riyadh into a “declared dialogue” during the interview.
Following an attack on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran after Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr was executed by Saudi authorities, Iran and Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic relations in January 2016.
After Iran, in September 2016, accused Riyadh of deliberately causing the death of around 400 Iranian pilgrims in a 2015 stampede in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, the relationship between the two rivals deteriorated further.
Often accusing each other of waging a proxy war for regional influence the two sides have since been engaged in a strong regional rivalry.
