Iran’s head of state, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said today that he opposed US intervention to quell the intensifying conflict in Iraq, reports The Guardian.
“We strongly oppose the intervention of the US and others in the domestic affairs of Iraq. The main dispute in Iraq is between those who want Iraq to join the US camp and those that seek an independent Iraq,” said Khamenei to the Islamic Republic News Agency.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani earlier said that it would support the current Iraqi government to combat the Islamic militants.
Latest reports from the BBC on Iraq suggest that the western border of the coutnry with Syria was taken by ISIS lead militants.
“We strongly oppose the intervention of the US and others in the domestic affairs of Iraq. The main dispute in Iraq is between those who want Iraq to join the US camp and those that seek an independent Iraq,” said Khamenei to the Islamic Republic News Agency.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani earlier said that it would support the current Iraqi government to combat the Islamic militants.
Latest reports from the BBC on Iraq suggest that the western border of the coutnry with Syria was taken by ISIS lead militants.