Tehran Urges Baghdad to Revise Policy on Illegal Inspection of Iranian Planes
Tehran blasted Iraqi officials for inspecting Iranian planes flying to Damascus, and called on Baghdad to stand against foreign pressures and revise its policy and behavior.
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TEHRAN (Asremrooz):"The forced landing of Iranian planes by Iraq is an unfriendly move and against the neighborly relations and we have objected to our friends in Iraq in this regard," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Araqchi said in his weekly press conference in Tehran on Tuesday.
He said Iran understands the foreign pressures on the Iraqi government, "but their forced landing of Iranian planes was unfriendly."
Araqchi underlined that Iranian airplanes were carrying nothing but humanitarian aids and medicines, and said this has been confirmed by Iraqi officials.
"We hope that our friends in Iraq will review this trend."
In relevant remarks in April, a senior Iranian MP criticized Iraq for inspecting Iranian planes taking humanitarian aid to Syria, and called on the foreign ministry to summon the Iraqi ambassador to Tehran to protest at the move.
"The foreign ministry should warn the Iraqi government and summon the country's envoy to prevent similar acts in the future," member of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mohammad Hassan Asafari said.
He said that Iran sends nothing more than agricultural products, food and clothes to Syria, and added, "Iran opposes sending weapons or military forces to Syria and condemns it and has proved it in the past; therefore, speculations that Iranian planes carry weapons for the Syrian government are the propaganda of the arrogant powers."
He said Iran understands the foreign pressures on the Iraqi government, "but their forced landing of Iranian planes was unfriendly."
Araqchi underlined that Iranian airplanes were carrying nothing but humanitarian aids and medicines, and said this has been confirmed by Iraqi officials.
"We hope that our friends in Iraq will review this trend."
In relevant remarks in April, a senior Iranian MP criticized Iraq for inspecting Iranian planes taking humanitarian aid to Syria, and called on the foreign ministry to summon the Iraqi ambassador to Tehran to protest at the move.
"The foreign ministry should warn the Iraqi government and summon the country's envoy to prevent similar acts in the future," member of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mohammad Hassan Asafari said.
He said that Iran sends nothing more than agricultural products, food and clothes to Syria, and added, "Iran opposes sending weapons or military forces to Syria and condemns it and has proved it in the past; therefore, speculations that Iranian planes carry weapons for the Syrian government are the propaganda of the arrogant powers."
Source : خبرگزاری Fars News
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