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Iran has no cooperation with US on Iraq: Asefi

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, Feb 22, IRNA -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi 
here Tuesday denied any cooperation between Iran and the United States
on Iraq. 
"The Islamic Republic of Iran has had no overt or covert 
cooperation with the United States. We have employed our potentials 
and capabilities to establish stability and security in Iraq," Asefi 
told reporters. 
He said the recent remarks by Iran`s ambassador to Britain on 
Iran-US cooperation on Iraq have been misquoted. 
Certain foreign media quoted Iran`s Ambassador to London Mohammad 
Hossein Adeli as saying Iran and the United States have had 
cooperation on Iraq. 
He also noted that Iran and the United States have different 
stances regarding the Middle East, saying, "The United States seeks to
strengthen the Zionist regime which is a blatant symbol of state 
terrorism while Iran regards this regime as the source of threat, 
instability and terror in the region." 
"We had been in contact with the Iraqi government and all Iraqi 
groups to reduce the ongoing difficulties and find ways to settle the 
crises. 
"Withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq was among the principled 
stances of the Islamic Republic since the outset of the crises," the 
spokesman stated. 
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