Iraqi cleric condemns U.S. and Iran as fears of wider battle persist

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Iraqi cleric condemns U.S. and Iran as fears of wider battle persist

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Babak Dehghanpisheh


By Ahmed Aboulenein and Babak Dehghanpisheh

BAGHDAD/DUBAI, Jan 10 (Reuters)Iraq’s most senior Shi’ite Muslim cleric on Friday condemned mutual U.S. and Iranian assaults on Iraqi territory and warned of deteriorating safety within the nation and the broader Center East on account of Washington’s confrontation with Tehran.

European international ministers have been additionally assembly in Brussels to search out methods to ease the precarious scenario that has unfolded up to now week.

In Washington on Thursday, the U.S. Home of Representatives voted to cease President Donald Trump from additional army motion towards Iran.

However the Center East remained tense as Iranian army commanders have threatened extra assaults, fuelling worries that the obvious pause in hostilities may very well be short-lived.

The USA killed Iran’s prime army commander, Normal Qassem Soleimani, in an air strike subsequent to Baghdad airport on Jan. 3.



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