Iran Sunday ruled out any co-operation with the United States in its occupation of neighbouring Iraq, and demanded that any new Iraqi government be given "full sovereignty".
Foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi refused to say if the Islamic republic, which recognises the US-appointed interim Governing Council, will also offer recognition to the new caretaker government due to take power by June 30.
He also complained that a US-British draft resolution on Iraq being considered by the UN Security Council contained "a number of ambiguities".
"There is no question of any co-operation between Iran and the United States in Iraq," Asefi told reporters.
"Iran does not want to co-operate with an occupying force which now commits barbaric acts against holy sites," he said, referring to US military operations in the Shiite shrine cities of Karbala and Najaf.
Asefi refused to spell out Iran's diplomatic position following the handover, but added "what is important is that Iraq has total sovereignty and that the occupiers leave as soon as possible."
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