Iraq warns against violating airspace to strike Iran

  Baghdad has warned Israel against violating its airspace in order to strike Iran's nuclear facilities, Hussein al-Shahristani, Iraq's deputy prime minister responsible for energy affairs told AFP on Monday.


 Shahrishtani said that the US had already assured Iraqi officials that it would not use Iraqi airspace in order to attack Iran. "The (Americans) have assured us that they will never violate Iraqi airspace or Iraqi sovereignty by using our airspace to attack any of our neighbors," Shahristani told AFP. "We have also warned Israel that if they violate Iraqi airspace, they will have to bear the consequences," he added.

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