NCRI – Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi on Tuesday protested Iranian regime's moves to claim an oil well on the Iran-Iraq border last week, calling it a "wanton aggression against Iraq's sovereignty."
"Iraq is not weak, and will not accept any breach of its sovereignty or interests at home," the vice president said in a statement, DPA reported.
Iran's actions on Friday "reaffirmed Iran's ambitions on Iraqi territory and national wealth," said al-Hashemi.
He said that lowering the Iranian regime’s flag in the oil field "is not enough," "If Iran aspires to have good relations with Iraq, it should refrain from harming (Iraq)."
His remarks stood in stark contrast to conciliatory calls for calm from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite Muslim who lived in exile in Iran from 1982 until 1990, the report noted.
