Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein AmirAbdollahian called the failed assassination of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi an attempt to destabilize security and peace in Iraq.

In a phone conversation with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein, AmirAbdollahian stated that the assassination plot was masterminded by Iraq's "ill-wishers" with the goal of disrupting the country's stability and security, Iranian media reported.

Earlier, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, said the attempt was a rebellion instigated by "foreign think tanks."

Failed assassination attempt

The Iraqi prime minister's residence was attacked in the early hours of Sunday. Later, al-Kadhimi tweeted that he was fine.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said he was unhurt and appealed for "calm and restraint" after a drone attack on his residence in Baghdad's Green Zone early Sunday, amid political tensions mounting in the country.

"I'm doing fine, praise be to God, and I call for calm and restraint on the part of everyone for the good of Iraq," al-Kadhimi wrote on Twitter, after what his office called a "failed assassination attempt."

The attempt for Al-Kadhimi's terror is a new sedition that must be traced back to foreign think tanks, which have brought nothing but insecurity, discord & instability to oppressed Iraqi people through creation & support of terrorist groups & occupation of this country for years.

— علی شمخانی (@alishamkhani_ir) November 7, 2021

"Cowardly missiles and drones don't build nations," he said.