Iran calls for US exit from Iraq
bbcnews: Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has urged the visiting Iraqi president to push for a speedy pullout of foreign troops from his country.
The ayatollah also told Jalal Talabani that the US was mainly responsible for widespread violence in Iraq.
Mr Talabani is on the second day of a landmark visit to Iran, the first by an Iraqi leader for almost 40 years.
On Monday he met Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who pledged total support for Iraq's independence.
In remarks reported by Iranian state media, Ayatollah Khamenei blamed the US for much of the violence destabilising Iraq.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran holds the American government responsible for the suffering of the Iraqi people and all the crimes and assassinations now being committed in Iraq," he said.
"The presence of foreign troops is damaging for the Iraqis, and the Iraqi government could ask for their departure by proposing a timetable," he added.
"The US and Britain will eventually have to leave Iraq with a bitter experience." Read more
The ayatollah also told Jalal Talabani that the US was mainly responsible for widespread violence in Iraq.
Mr Talabani is on the second day of a landmark visit to Iran, the first by an Iraqi leader for almost 40 years.
On Monday he met Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who pledged total support for Iraq's independence.
In remarks reported by Iranian state media, Ayatollah Khamenei blamed the US for much of the violence destabilising Iraq.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran holds the American government responsible for the suffering of the Iraqi people and all the crimes and assassinations now being committed in Iraq," he said.
"The presence of foreign troops is damaging for the Iraqis, and the Iraqi government could ask for their departure by proposing a timetable," he added.
"The US and Britain will eventually have to leave Iraq with a bitter experience." Read more
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