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U.S. believes Iran launched air raids on Islamic State in Iraq

Hakim al-Zamili, a parliament member and head of Iran's Security and Defense Committee, prepares for an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad on Wednesday. Mixed reactions were voiced in Baghdad over Pentagon reports that Iran launched airstrikes in Iraq against the Islamic State group. | AP

Reuters

Dec 4, 2014

WASHINGTON –

The United States has indications that Iran has carried out airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq in recent days, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

A senior Iranian official denied that Iran had launched any such strikes.

U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United States had indications that Iran had used F-4 Phantoms to launch the raids in the last several days.

U.S. believes Iran launched air raids on Islamic State in Iraq

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