Iran slams Iraq "occupiers" at conference

Source: Reuters

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Iran said on Thursday it was keen to play a major role in the reconstruction of Iraq, and lambasted the United States and its allies for "mistaken policies" in its neighbor.

Iran's foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, told an international conference on rebuilding Iraq that its "occupiers" had only made the situation worse.

"Due to the mistaken policies pursued by the occupiers in Iraq, the situation of security in Iraq is now so grave that it has cast its shadow" over other aspects of life, Mottaki said at the meeting, which is chaired by Iraq and the United Nations and hosted by Sweden.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who was in the audience, had a bemused expression on her face as he spoke and at one point raised her eyebrows.

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America INVADED Iraq, with George W. bUsh's illegal war of aggression and America is OCCUPYING Iraq, which makes America OCCUPIERS.

No need at all for any "" around the word.