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Washington: There is not going to be a collaboration with Iran against the Islamic State

Nor military or intelligence exchange collaboration, as stated by the State Department spokesperson

Newsroom September 6 12:48

According to an announcement by the State Department, USA has no intention to cooperate with Iran in their fight against Jihadists of the Islamic State, which controls some areas of Iraq and Syria.
The spokeswoman of the American Ministry of Foreign Affairs Marie Harf stated that: ” We will nor coordinate any military action or intelligence collaboration with Iran”.

Nevertheless USA is ” “open to a diplomatic commitment” with Iran. ” as we did in the past”, mainly on the issue of Afghanistan, when Teheran and Washington cooperated at the end of 2001 in order for Hamid Karzai to take command after the Taliban fall.
“But we will not coordinate our actions” with Iran against the fighters of the Islamic State, highlighted the spokeswoman.

 

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