BAGHDAD — Iraq state television reported today that U.S. troops raided the Iranian Consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil and arrested several Iranian officials.

The Iranian news agency IRNA confirmed the raid, saying U.S. troops arrested five Iranian officials at the consulate in the Kurdish region and confiscated documents and computers. 

IRNA also reported that the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad has handed over a note of protest to the Iraqi Foreign Ministry criticizing what Iran is calling the “illegal move” and demanding the immediate release of the arrested consulate staff.

(IRNA, Reuters, AFP)

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