US State Department: We call on Iran to stop assisting third parties in Iraq
Baghdad / Akhbariya: The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has pledged that the United States will respond decisively to any attack by Iran or its followers that could harm the American forces or their partners in Iraq.
“We strongly condemn the attack by Iran’s followers, which wounded 5 Iraqi soldiers near Baghdad airport this week,” Pompeo said in a tweet posted Friday evening on his official account on Twitter.
Pompeo threatened, saying: “For Iranian leaders, the United States will respond resolutely if Iran or its followers inflict any harm on American cadres or our Iraqi partners.”