Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei decried the presence of the US military in Iraq during a meeting with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid in Tehran.
“The presence of even one American in Iraq is too much,” Khamenei said, Iranian state media outlet IRNA reported. “Americans are not friends with anyone and are not even loyal to their European allies,” Khamenei said, as he called for Iran and Iraq to expand “bilateral cooperation.” Khamenei’s comments follow US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s unannounced trip to Baghdad last month, when Austin said US troops were “ready to remain in Iraq.
But unlike in Syria, where US forces operated alongside Syrian Democratic Forces and other partners, the US military serves in an advise-and-assist role in Iraq, having officially ended the combat mission in Iraq in 2021. “The United States will continue to strengthen and broaden our partnerships in support of Iraqi security, stability and sovereignty,” Austin said during his Baghdad visit.
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