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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Maziar Motamedi

Iran summons Iraq envoy to protest presence of ‘terrorist groups’

The Iraqi ambassador was called in to receive Tehran’s ire over 'an invitation to members of secessionist groups for an official event' in the Kurdish region of Iraq [File: Lisi Niesner/Reuters]

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s foreign ministry has summoned the Iraqi ambassador to Tehran to “strongly protest” against the continued presence of groups it says conduct “terrorist” activities.

The envoy was called in on Saturday to receive Tehran’s ire over “an invitation to members of secessionist groups for an official event” and “continued movements of some terrorist groups” in Iraqi Kurdish region, state-affiliated media reported.

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