Iraqi premier Adel Abdel Mahdi pushed for "calm" in a Friday phone call with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, as tensions spiked between Washington and Tehran over tanker attacks in the Gulf of Oman.
The call came after US President Donald Trump accused Iran of being behind Thursday's attacks on two oil tankers, the latest episode of worsening ties between Baghdad's two closest allies.
According to Abdel Mahdi's office, Pompeo phoned the Iraqi prime minister and discussed "the crisis between the US and the Islamic Republic of Iran."
Abdel Mahdi told Washington's top diplomat that Iraq was "striving for calm."
Iraq has thus been caught in the throes of the tug-of-war between
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