BBC: One of Iraq’s most powerful Shia politicians has condemned the arrest of Iranians by U.S. forces in Iraq as an attack on the country’s sovereignty.

The comments by Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, made in a BBC interview, are seen as the strongest expression yet of Iraq’s concern about the U.S. approach to Iran.

They follow two recent U.S. raids in which Iranians were arrested.

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