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Did Iran hit Islamic State targets?

US and Iran at odds whether Islamic Republic hit ISIS targets in Iraq: While US says it believes so, Iran denies report.

While the Pentagon says that Iran has launched airstrikes against Islamic State militants in eastern Iraq, Iran denied the report.

 

  

A senior Iranian official told Reuters on Wednesday that Iran has not launched any air strikes against Islamic State targets in neighboring Iraq.

 

US-led airstrikes (Archive photo: Getty images) (Photo: Getty Images)
US-led airstrikes (Archive photo: Getty images)

 

"Iran has never been involved in any air strikes against the Daesh (Islamic State) targets in Iraq. Any cooperation in such strikes with America is also out of question for Iran," the senior official said on condition of anonymity.

 

The comments came after Rear Adm. John Kirby said the US believes this may be the first time Tehran has launched manned aircraft from inside Iran to strike targets in Iraq.

 

The Pentagon spokesman says the US has not coordinated airstrikes or military activities with Iran. He said the US continues to fly missions over Iraq and it is up to the Iraqi government to avoid conflicts in its own airspace.

 

Iranian military leaders have acknowledged that dozens of their forces have been in Iraq fighting alongside Kurdish troops battling extremists.

 

The US has not invited Iran to join the coalition fighting the Islamic State group and Iran has said it would not join in any case.

 

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 12.03.14, 12:19
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