ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to visit Baghdad on Sunday and meet with top Iraqi officials as part of his regional tour and Tehran’s efforts to strengthen ties with its allies amid the escalating tensions.

Iran’s semiofficial Mehr News Agency reported that Araghchi will travel to Baghdad for consultations with Iraqi high officials focused on the Israeli aggression in Lebanon and Gaza.

He is reportedly set to meet with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani, and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein.

The Iranian top diplomat’s visit to the Iraqi capital comes after his recent trips to Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, where similar topics were highlighted in high-profile meetings. The trips come as Tehran aims to consolidate its relations with regional allies amid ongoing threats of an Israeli retaliation to Iran’s ballistic missile attack earlier this month.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) launched around 200 ballistic missiles toward Tel Aviv and several other regions of Israel on October 1. Tehran claimed that ninety percent of the missiles hit their targets, while Israel and the US said that most of the projectiles were intercepted.

Israeli top officials warned Iran to expect “severe consequences” following the attack.

"Our response to any attack by the Zionist regime is clear. Any action by Israel will be met with a reaction from Iran that is proportional and even stronger. We have proven this in the past, and they can test our resolve once again,” Araghchi said in a press conference in Damascus last week.