Local official in Missan denies Iranian troops pulled out from Fakka

MISSAN / IraqiNews.com: Iranian forces did not withdraw from Fakka well, which they wielded power over a month ago, a local official in Missan province said on Sunday. “The Iranian troops that had occupied the oil well Fakka-4, (75 km) east of al-Amara, 30 days ago are still controlling it,” Maytham Lafta told IraqiNews.com news agency. “All that the Iranian forces have done after occupying the well was to bring down the Iranian flag and withdraw partially,” he said. Lafta noted that Fakka is not one of the disputed wells with the Iranian side as it had been exploited by the Iraqi side during the 1970s and had been deactivated after the outbreak of the Iraqi-Iranian war in the 1980s. Amara, the capital city of Missan province, lies 390 km south of Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 1