Washington/Baghdad — The US is deeply concerned over reports of Iran moving ballistic missiles into Iraq, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said. If found to be true, he tweeted, it would be a "gross violation of Iraqi sovereignty" and a breach of a UN resolution. Pompeo was responding to a Reuters report that Iran had provided missiles to Shiite proxies in Iraq in the past few months. The country was also said to be helping these groups develop the capacity to build missiles in Iraq to deter attacks on its interests in the Middle East, Reuters reported, citing unidentified Iranian, Iraqi and Western intelligence officials. Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Saturday rejected the allegations, calling them "unfounded" and "absurd". Qassemi said the claim was intended to "fuel fear in regional countries in continuation with a policy to demonise Iran", the state-run Mehr news agency reported. The US has often accused Tehran of violating UN Security Council Resolution ...
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