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US warns Iraq against Iran-controlled government, urges Western cooperation
US senior officials call for independent and inclusive administration in Iraq amid rising concern in Washington over Coordination Framework’s nomination of former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as its candidate for premiership - Anadolu Ajansı
Rubio warns Baghdad: Any government controlled by Iran threatens Iraq's future and its relationship with the United States. In a strongly worded warning, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio cautioned on Sunday against an Iraqi government under Iranian influence, asserting that this would harm Iraq's interests and weaken its partnership with the United States.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a firm message on Monday to Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Sheia al-Sudani that an administration that would be subject to Iranian control would not be able to serve Iraq's good. During a conversation the two held, Rubio stressed that “an Iranian-controlled government cannot successfully put Iraq's own interests first, keep Iraq out of regional conflicts, or advance the mutually beneficial partnershi…
The Iraqi leadership faces a sensitive test: balancing American pressures, continued Iranian influence, and internal political reality — which could determine not only the composition of the government, but also the direction of Iraq's policy in the coming years.
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