Iran Foreign Minister: "Notified Iraq Before Missile Attack on US Base"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki Ha-young] The Iranian Foreign Minister officially confirmed that Iran notified Iraq of the missile retaliatory attack on the U.S. bases in Iraq beforehand.

Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian Foreign Minister, stated on the 8th (local time) at a martyr commemoration event held at the Iraqi Embassy in Tehran that Iran informed the Iraqi side about the missile retaliatory attack before the operation began.

Minister Zarif said, "Iran attacked the military bases in Iraq where the U.S. terrorist organization (U.S. military), which assassinated Commander Qasem Soleimani and Abu Al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of the Iraqi Shia militia, is located," and added, "As announced by the Iraqi government, Iran notified the Iraqi military and government about the missile attack operation before the attack." He explained, "This is because Iran highly respects Iraq's sovereignty and territorial integrity."

Earlier, the Iraqi Prime Minister's Office announced that the Iranian government notified the plan to attack the U.S. military base shortly after midnight on the 8th, about an hour before the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps began the operation.

With the revelation that the Iranian government pre-notified the missile attack to the Iraqi government, which is also connected to the U.S., speculation is rising that this confidential information was indirectly leaked to the U.S. side to avoid a direct military confrontation with the United States.

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