“I spoke today with the Prime Minister of Iraq ... regarding Iran’s attack on Iraq’s sovereignty. We will do our best to protect US and Iraqi citizens and our common interests, ”Pompeo wrote on Twitter.
Earlier, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry called on the charge d'affaires of Iran and handed him a note condemning the attacks on US military bases on Iraqi territory.
On the night of January 8, Tehran announced a retaliation operation for the killing of the US by Iranian general Kassem Suleimani and fired missiles at two US bases in Iraq.
Suleymani died on the night of January 3 in the vicinity of the airport in Baghdad as a result of missile attack on the United States.