Iraq summons Iran envoy over deadly Erbil missile strikes
The Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein. Photo: Iraqi Foreign Ministry
Baghdad – The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said it called in Iran’s envoy in Baghdad on Tuesday to protest after its ally’s Revolutionary Guards carried out deadly missile strikes on its soil.
“Iraq condemns the attack carried out in several areas of Arbil which claimed civilian lives,” the Ministry said in a letter handed to charge d’affaires Abol Fadl Azizi.
“The attack is a flagrant violation of Iraqi sovereignty, which goes against… international law and threatens the security of the region,” it added.