Tehran announces conditional cooperation with Washington to counter "terrorism" in Iraq

Tehran announces conditional cooperation with Washington to counter "terrorism" in Iraq
2014-06-14T10:26:29+00:00

if Washington confronted "terrorist groups in Iraq and elsewhere."

 He said in a news conference broadcast on Iranian official channels, followed by “Shafaq News", that everyone must confront the "terrorist groups in word and deed."

And the extent of his country's readiness to cooperate with the United States in dealing with the developments witnessed in Iraq and the control of armed groups on many areas, Rohani said that Tehran could think about it, if the United States of America started to face "terrorist" groups in Iraq and elsewhere, in a reference to the situation in Syria.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry quoted its assistant for Arab and African Affairs , Hossein Amir Abdul Allahaan and has denied, earlier on Saturday, news of the entry of Iranian military forces to Iraq.

Abdul Allahaan said in a statement seen by "Shafaq News", that “the news of the entry of Iranian military forces to Iraq is not true , noting that the Iraqi armed forces have made strong strikes to confront "terrorists."

The media has reported that Iran has deployed three military units in Iraq and some sources said that the Brigades are the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in several areas in Iraq

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