Tehran: Majlis Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel here Tuesday said a free, independent and prosperous Iraq would not only be in the interest of the Iraqi nation but of all regional states. During a meeting with Iraqi Ambassador to Iran Mohammed Majid Abbas al-Sheikh, Haddad Adel expressed his view that the holding of elections in Iraq as scheduled would give the people the power to decide their own affairs and work for an independent, peaceful and stable country. (Islamic Republic News Agency)