Iraq 0
6 May 2019

President Hassan Rouhani told his Iraqi counterpart, Barham Salih, that "all regional countries need to understand the current critical conditions and cooperate with each other to stop U.S. bullying aimed at creating instability in the region". Salih, according to Rouhani's office, asserted that "we have voiced our stances about regional issues clearly. Iraq is against any tension in the region and we will never accept the smallest harm to the people of our Muslim and brotherly neighbour, Iran". 

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