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Iran Summons Swiss Ambassador Over Trump Comments on Iraq Attack

Iran Summons Swiss Ambassador Over Trump Comments on Iraq Attack

(Bloomberg) -- Iran summoned the Swiss ambassador in Tehran on Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump accused an Iranian-backed militia group of an attack that killed two U.S. service members in Iraq.

The Swiss envoy Markus Leitner, who represents U.S. interests in Iran, was warned against “any uncalculated U.S. measure and its consequences,” Iran’s foreign ministry said in a statement on its official Telegram channel. The ministry dismissed Trump’s accusation as “baseless and dangerous.”

To contact the reporter on this story: Arsalan Shahla in Tehran at ashahla@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Riad Hamade at rhamade@bloomberg.net, Andrew Reierson, Marthe Fourcade

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