Iran will do everything to protect Muslim Shiite shrines in Iraq, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency on Wednesday.
Iran said it has no need for direct talks with the United States over the worsening security conditions in Iraq, official IRNA news agency quoted an Iranian foreign ministry official as saying on Monday.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday expressed concern over the deteriorating situation in northern Iraq after Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants began to attack Mosul's Telafer district where thousands of Turkmen are believed to live, local Daily News said.
Iran may consider working with the United States in dealing with terrorism in Iraq, Iran's President, Hassan Rouhani, said on Saturday in a press conference.
Syria on Wednesday condemned the "terrorist" acts currently taking place in neighboring Iraq, expressing support for the Iraqi government's counter-terrorism campaign just a day after insurgents overtook a major Iraqi city, according to a Foreign Ministry statement.