Iraq recalls ambassador to Iran after Erbil attack

Iraq’s summoned its ambassador to Tehran back to Baghdad for consultation in response to Iran’s missile attacks in the north of the country.

The ambassador, Naseer Abdul Mohsen, was summoned “for the purpose of consultations against the backdrop of the recent Iranian attacks on Erbil, which led to the fall of a number of martyrs and wounded”, it said.

Iran’s foreign ministry said earlier that it “respects Iraq’s territorial integrity” but won’t hesitate to use its “legitimate and legal right” to act against those threatening its national security.