Iran warns Iraq over 5 Iranians held by U.S. forces

Left: Iranian President Ahmadinejad greets Prime Minister Maliki in Tehran last year. Ahmadinejad has also been visited by Iraqi President Talabani and leader of the largest Shi'ite party Abdul Aziz al-Hakim. Trade relations between the two are growing, and Iraq has imported much-needed essentials, such as kerosene and foodstuffs, from Iran.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has warned neighboring Iraq that its failure to secure the release of five Iranians detained there by U.S. forces could impair Tehran's cooperation with Baghdad, a senior official was quoted on Sunday as saying...

"We are serious about the way we will confront those behind the arrest of the Iranian diplomats in Iraq," Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency, seen as close to the Revolutionary Guards.

"On Friday I sent a letter to the Iraqi foreign minister and other officials in Iraq and pointed out that their efforts over the release of the diplomats have had no results and I emphasized that if this situation continues we will have problems in taking other steps to help Iraq," he said.

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