BAGHDAD: Iran has signed a deal to sell Iraq arms and ammunition worth $195 million, according to documents seen by Reuters — a move that would break a UN embargo on weapons sales by Tehran.
The agreement was reached at the end of November, the documents showed, just weeks after Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki returned from US, where he lobbied the Obama administration for extra weapons to fight Al-Qaeda-linked militants.
A spokesman for the Iraqi prime minister would not confirm or deny the sale, but said such a deal would be understandable given Iraq’s current security troubles.“We are launching a war against terrorism and we want to win this war. Nothing prevents us from buying arms and ammunition from any party,” said the spokesman.
Iraq to buy Iran arms
