‘Victim’ Iraq balks at sanctioning Iranian airlines ahead of DC talks: ‘We don’t want to be part of this conflict’
Iraq is resisting pressure to sanction Iranian airlines ahead of upcoming talks in Washington, D.C., stating they do not wish to be involved in the conflict.
“We became a victim of this war," foreign minister Fuad Hussein told a small group of reporters at the Iraqi embassy.
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