Washington’s claims about the attack on the American diplomatic center in Baghdad

According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News, citing Baghdad Al-Youm, the US Embassy in Iraq issued a statement regarding the targeting of the country’s diplomatic center in Baghdad.

The US embassy announced in this statement: On Tuesday, August 10, the diplomatic service complex in Baghdad, which is an American diplomatic building, was attacked. Fortunately, no one has been reported injured.

The American embassy claimed: The reasons indicate that this attack was carried out by groups allied to Iran, which are operating freely in Iraq.

In the continuation of this statement, it is stated: The Iraqi government has repeatedly expressed its commitment to support American diplomatic missions and military personnel who are present in this country at the invitation of the Iraqi government. has announced.

The American Embassy clarified: As we have stated in many cases before, we once again ask the Iraqi government to support the diplomatic and coalition partners and their facilities.

The representative of Washington in Baghdad continued: We emphasize the right to defend ourselves and support our people in any part of the world.

It should be said that the American Embassy in Iraq announced on Wednesday that the country’s diplomatic facilities in Baghdad were targeted on Tuesday night.

In this regard, security sources told Reuters that 2 missiles collided at Victory base near Baghdad airport around 11 o’clock last Tuesday night.

A statement from the US Embassy added: Around 11:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 10, an attack on the Baghdad Diplomatic Service Complex, a US diplomatic facility. It happened.