‘Even one American in Iraq is too much,’ Iran’s leader tells Iraqi president

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei decried the presence of the US military in Iraq during a meeting with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid in Tehran on Saturday.

“The presence of even one American in Iraq is too much,” Khamenei said, Iranian state media outlet IRNA reported.“Americans are not friends with anyone and are not even loyal to their European allies,” Khamenei said, as he called for Iran and Iraq to expand “bilateral cooperation.”Khamenei’s comments follow US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s unannounced trip to Baghdad last month , when Austin said US troops were “ready to remain in […]

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