Iran says envisages Iraq role with US if Washington tackles regional militants

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* Shi'ite Iran alarmed by Sunni jihadist gains in Iraq * Rouhani sees room for cooperation with US on Iraq * Says Iran unlikely to ever send forces to Iraq (Adds more Rouhani comments, Interior Minister) By Parisa Hafezi ANKARA, June 14 (Reuters) - Iran could contemplate cooperating with its old adversary the United States on restoring security to Iraq if it saw Washington confronting "terrorist groups in Iraq and elsewhere", Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday. Rouhani, a pragmatist who has presided over a thaw in Iran's relations with the West, also said Tehran was unlikely to send forces to Iraq but stood ready to provide help within the framework of international law.

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