Baghdad – 964
Khaled Al-Yaqoubi, security advisor to the Prime Minister, today, Tuesday, denied Iranian allegations about the site that was targeted by ballistic missiles in Erbil, and accused some Iranian intelligence services of misleading its political leaders, saying that Iraq has the right to review its relationship with Tehran and resort tointernational organizations.

Al-Yaqoubi said, in an interview with Al Jazeera, followed by Network 964 :
Comment on the attacks is represented by the opinion of the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The bombing that occurred on Erbil is a clear violation of Iraqi sovereignty and a major violation of the spirit and depth of the good relationship between Iraq and Iran. As a result, what happened is a blow to Iraqi sovereignty and a major violation of Iraqi national security.

We emphasize that the entire region is witnessing a clear escalation and is experiencing difficult fateful moments, and the entire region is facing great challenges, and Iraq had a clear and frank position and it was one of the strongest Arab positions, and this was represented by the speech of the Prime Minister, who expressed the country’s position at the Cairo Conference, and Iraq was exposed to great pressure. He resisted it, by remaining steadfast in his positions, for the sake of the first Arab cause, which is the Palestinian cause.

Iran is a partner and an active element that helped Iraq after 2014, to confront the most powerful terrorist organization, ISIS. We exchanged our information together, we fought together, and Iraqi and Iranian blood mixed. How can Iran today act and determine that these are spies and are violating Iraqi sovereignty, without coordination with the Iraqi government? this is unacceptable.

We believe that the Iranian agencies misled their political leadership due to their failure to prevent the attack on Kerman Province in Iran, and there is no other justification for what happened.

The Iraqi response was to form a fact-finding committee headed by the National Security Advisor, and the Iraqi government will maintain its steps after the investigation is completed, which will likely end within a day or two. As a result, Iraq is not isolated or living alone on this planet. Perhaps we will return to international organizations or go to review the relationship between Iraq and Iraq. And Iran in various fields.

Iran claims that the elements targeted were Mossad members, and the media documented the family that died with the guests, so we must investigate these facts to understand the truth.

Iraqi sovereignty is indivisible. Yesterday, we protested against the United States for violating Iraqi sovereignty by targeting an Iraqi figure, and we stopped major issues between us and them. The committee formed is not an investigative committee as much as it is a fact-finding committee, and if what Iran claims is true, this does not give it the right to transgress… Iraqi sovereignty should have provided this information to the Iraqi state, and our government is the one taking action.

There are those who are trying to drag some parties into a certain type of conflict, and Iraq is firm in its positions, and its steps are carefully calculated and take into account issues of Iraqi and Arab national security and the major nature of the conflict. I believe that these attempts are incorrect and will constitute great harm.

By the nature of the relationship between Iraq and Iran, Iran must respect Iraqi sovereignty, and these transgressions are unacceptable and any justification for them is unconvincing for us as an Iraqi government.

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