State Department: ‘Not aware’ of Iranian coordination with Iraq

The State Department on Thursday cast doubt on reports that Iranian military forces have cooperated with Iraq in a brewing fight with a key U.S. partner in the country.

“I'm not aware of any Iranian involvement in that, per se,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters Thursday.

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Nauert's hesitance to say that the Iranian regime had arrived in the city of Kirkuk was undercut by CIA Director Mike Pompeo's remarks when asked about the issue. “I'm aware of that,” Pompeo said when asked about it at a summit hosted by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

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