epa08116874 Pakistani Shiite Muslim girl holds pictures of General Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force, during a protest against the USA, in Peshawar, Pakistan, 10 January 2020. General Qasem Soleimani, was killed in an airstrike on 03 January, in Baghdad ordered by the United States president, the Pentagon said. General Soleimani was in charge of Iran's foreign policy strategy as the head of the Quds Force, an elite wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which the US designated as a terror organization. The Quds Force holds sway over a raft of Shia militias across the region, from Lebanon to Syria and Iraq. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB

L’amministrazione Trump ha ammonito l’Iraq che rischia di perdere il suo accesso al conto bancario governativo presso la Fed di New York se caccia le truppe americane dopo il raid con cui gli Usa hanno ucciso il generale iraniano Qassem Soleimani all’aeroporto di Baghdad.

Lo scrive il Wall Street Journal, citando dirigenti iracheni. La mossa potrebbe mettere in forti difficolta’ economiche Baghdad, che usa il conto per gestire le finanze del Paese, compresi i proventi della vendita del petrolio.