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Iraq lodges UN complaint over Israel using its airspace to attack Iran

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a meeting in Tehran on October 27, 2024. [AFP]

Iraq has condemned Israel's use of its airspace to attack neighbouring Iran in a protest letter sent to United Nations chief Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council, Baghdad said Monday.

A statement from government spokesman Bassim Alawadi said the letter condemns "the Zionist entity's blatant violation of Iraq's airspace and sovereignty by using Iraqi airspace to carry out an attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran on October 26."

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