Iraq Will Not Allow Its Country to Be a Base for Attacks on Iran

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani/PHOTO: Nima Najazadeh for the Tasnim News Agency via WIkimedia Commons

JAKARTA - Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said he would not allow any party or anyone to use his territory as a base for attacks against Iran.

This was conveyed by al-Sudani during a telephone conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Wednesday, March 11.

However, Sudani stressed that targeting Iraqi territory was a violation of sovereignty, and weakened Baghdad's efforts to end the war and return to dialogue, even though Iraq was committed to Iran's security and sovereignty, according to his office's statement in X.

He also expressed "Iraq's rejection and condemnation of the unjust war targeting Iran, stressing his country's concern for security and peace in the region and its fraternal community."

Sudani said Iraq was ready to make efforts to end the war and return to "the logic of dialogue and peaceful solutions, far from the language of violence that threatens regional and international security and stability."

On February 28, the US and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran, and have since killed more than 1,300 people, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, and more than 150 students.

Tehran retaliated with drone and missile attacks targeting Israel, Jordan, Iraq, and Gulf states that are home to US military assets, disrupting global markets and sending energy prices soaring.