Iraqi Kurds condemn US raid on Iranian office

ARBIL, Iraq, Jan 11 (Reuters) Iraq's Kurdish regional government on Thursday condemned a US raid on an Iranian government office in the Iraqi city of Arbil as a violation of the region's sovereignty and of international immunity laws.

In a strongly-worded statement from one of Washington's closest allies in Iraq, the offices of the Kurdish prime minister and Kurdish president expressed their ''concern and condemnation'' over the pre-dawn operation and urged the US military to release Iranian staff arrested during the raid.

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