Iran’s demand for War compensations from Iraq shall escalate tension between both countries, al-Iraqiya Legislature says

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Legislature of al-Iraqiya Coalition, led by Iyad Allawi, Zala Neftchy, has stated on Monday that Iran’s demand of compensations from Iraq due to their 1980-88 War “shall step up tension between both countries,” adding that “Iraq was supposed to demand such compensations from Iran, because the latter had started the war operations at that time.”   “The political tensions are escalating by Iran against Iraq , and instead of stopping its bombardment of Iraqi territories in Iraqi Kurdistan, it is demanding compensations for the 1980-88 War,” Neftchy told IraqiNews.com news agency.   “Unfortunately, we believe that the said demand would escalate and step-up tension in relations between both countries, at a time when Iraq is trying to settle its crisis with the Iranian side, through peaceful means,” she said.   Neftchy said that “ Iraq , if fact, is the country that should demand compensations from Iran , because the latter had been the one that started the military operations at that time,” adding that the Iraqi Parliament “might discuss the said issue in its session today (Monday).”   Local media sources have carried reports, pointing out that the Iranian side was carrying talks to gain compensations for the War that erupted between Iraq and Iran in 1980-88.   The eight-year Iraq–Iran war had claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people from neighboring countries, along with larger numbers of injured people, as well as costing both countries losses that reached billions (b) of U.S. dollars.   SKH (RT)