Report: Iraqi PM Says Trump Called to Ask Him to 'Mediate With Iran' Shortly Before Deadly Airstrike

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Jan. 06, 2020

Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi reportedly claimed Sunday that President Trump "called him to ask him to mediate with Iran" shortly before carrying out the deadly airstrike which killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani on Iraqi soil.

"This is stunning - #Iraq prime minister tells parliament US troops should leave. Says @realDonaldTrump called him to ask him to mediate with #Iran and then ordered drone strike on Soleimani. Says Soleimani carrying response to Saudi initiative to defuse tension when he was hit," NPR's Jane Arraf reported.

This is stunning - #Iraq prime minister tells parliament US troops should leave. Says @realDonaldTrump called him to ask him to mediate with #Iran and then ordered drone strike on Soleimani. Says Soleimani carrying response to Saudi initiative to defuse tension when he was hit.
— jane arraf (@janearraf) January 5, 2020

Abdul-Mahdi claimed he was scheduled to meet Soleimani on the day of the strike and the general "came to deliver me a message from Iran responding to the message we delivered from Saudi to Iran."

“The United States told us that some of the attacks against PMU headquarters in the recent months were conducted by Israel” Iraqi PM said.
— Mustafa Salim (@Mustafa_salimb) January 5, 2020

“I received a phone call from @realDonaldTrump when the embassy protests ended thanking the government efforts and asked Iraq to play the mediator's role between US and Iran” Iraqi PM said.
— Mustafa Salim (@Mustafa_salimb) January 5, 2020

“I was supposed to meet Soleimani at the morning the day he was killed, he came to deliver me a message from Iran responding to the message we delivered from Saudi to Iran” Iraqi PM said.
— Mustafa Salim (@Mustafa_salimb) January 5, 2020

Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi says he was scheduled to meet Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on the day he was killed by an US air strike pic.twitter.com/f5VWUZiGJO
— TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) January 5, 2020

The comments were made shortly before the Iraqi parliament voted to move forward with kicking the US out of their country.

The Iraqi Parliament approves a resolution calling for ending foreign military presence in the country, which includes some 5,000 U.S. troops. The move comes two days after a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. https://t.co/VLIn526VhS
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 5, 2020

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