http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040414/wl_nm/iraq_iran_dc&cid=574&ncid=1473TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said Wednesday that the United States has sought its help in tackling increasingly bitter violence in Iraq.
Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said the calls from Iran's arch foe had come through the Swiss Embassy, which has covered U.S. interests in Tehran since Washington broke ties shortly after the 1979 Islamic revolution.
"Naturally, there are demands by Americans through the Swiss Embassy that we help to resolve the crisis in Iraq. And we are acting," he said.
Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite leader Moqtada al-Sadr began fighting U.S.-led occupying forces in south and central Iraq this month after U.S. forces closed the cleric's newspaper, said he was wanted for murder and detained his top aide.
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