๏ธ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ๐ธ The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Esmail Baghaei, called the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq an "important and very welcome" development and a defeat for Washington, saying that it strengthens Iraqi sovereignty.
Esmail Baghaei said that the consequences of 23 years of occupation were visible in the last two decades, and that the crimes committed during the US-led occupation, including at Abu Ghraib prison, will never be forgotten.