MNA � Adviser to Iran�s Parliament speaker, Mansour Haghighatpour, told Mehr News on Saturday that the recent developments in Iraqi city of Basra which culminated in an attack on Iran�s consulate�are �completely suspicious�.







Speaking to Mehr News Agency on Saturday, Adviser to Iran�s Parliament speaker, Mansour Haghighatpour, said the attack on Iran�s consulate in Basra, south of Iraq, is �completely suspicious.�

He voiced confidence that the global Arrogance was behind the attack.

�These countries are, on the one hand, seeking to cause tension and create crisis in the Iraqi society to disrupt the country�s stability, and on the other hand, they are trying to undermine the relations between Iran and Iraq,� he said.

He further stressed that the Iraqi government must identify, arrest, and punish the perpetrators of the attack.

The Iranian consulate�s building in Basra was one of several government buildings and offices that protesters set on fire on Friday. The attack, which Iran�s Foreign Ministry described as �brutal�, caused�serious financial damage�to the building, but fortunately, none of the staff members of the Iranian consulate had�been harmed thanks to preemptive measures taken by the�diplomatic mission�after it�received threats a day earlier, according to Bahram Ghasemi.

Iran strongly condemned the attack and summoned the Iraqi ambassador to the Foreign Ministry to hand over a note of protest over security forces� negligence in protecting the consulate building.