Iraq condemned as an “attack on its sovereignty” Tuesday missile strikes by neighbouring Iran targeting anti-Tehran groups and an alleged Israeli “spy headquarters” in its autonomous Kurdish region.
Iraqi authorities “will take all legal steps” necessary, including “lodging a complaint with the (UN) Security Council”, the foreign ministry said in statement.
They will also publish the findings of an investigation into the strikes, to prove to “Iraqi and international public opinion the falseness of the allegations made by those responsible for these reprehensible actions.”
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.
Iran defended its missile strikes in Iraq and Syria Tuesday, saying they were a “targeted operation” and “just punishment” against those who breach the Islamic republic’s security.
“The Islamic republic, with its high intelligence capability, in a precise and targeted operation identified the criminals’ headquarters and hit it with precision weapons,” foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said, adding that it was “just punishment” for those breaching Iran’s security.
Iraq said Tuesday it has recalled its ambassador from Tehran for consultations after its ally’s Revolutionary Guards carried out deadly missile attacks on its autonomous Kurdish region.
Ambassador Nassir Abdel Mohsen was “recalled for consultations in the context of the latest Iranian attacks on (regional capital) Arbil in which there were dead and wounded,” a foreign ministry statement said.
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