Iraq Condemns US Sanctions On Iran, Will Follow Them

  • 6 years ago

Iraq said Tuesday it does not agree with U.S. sanctions against Iran but will abide by them.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi condemned the sanctions during a NATO summit in Brussels.
“As a matter of principle we are against sanctions in the region. Blockade and sanctions destroy societies and do not weaken regimes. We consider them (sanctions on Iran) a strategic mistake and incorrect but we will abide by them to protect the interests of our people. We will not interact with them or support them but we will abide by them." Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that firms doing business with Tehran are barred from the US.
The United States and Iran are Iraq’s two biggest allies.

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