Speculations about the closure of the US embassy in the Iraqi capital over an alleged threat are a way of exerting pressure on the Iraqi government and are related to the ongoing presidential campaign in the United States, Mohammad Reza, the head of Security and Defence Committee of the Iraqi parliament, said on Monday.
“During the yesterday press conference, US president [Donald Trump] did not address this issue. I do not expect that the US embassy will be closed. It is used as a kind of pressure on the Iraqi government and [is related to] strain over the [presidential] election that the US cares about at the present time. No more, no less,” Reza said.
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