US troops detain Iranian businessman in Iraq

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SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq (AFP) — US forces arrested an Iranian businessman on Thursday at a hotel in Sulaimaniyah, a majority Kurdish city in northern Iraq, a regional government official told AFP.

The businessman, identified only as Farhadi, was detained at around 4.00 am (midnight GMT) after US troops raided the Sulaimaniyah Palace hotel, said Jamal Abdullah, spokesman for government of the largely autonomous region of Kurdistan.

The businessman was a member of an Iranian commercial delegation visiting Sulaimaniyah, said Abdullah.

"American troops raided the Sulaimaniyah Palace hotel early in the morning and arrested a man known as Farhadi. He was a member of a commercial delegation from the Iranian province of Kermanshah," Abdullah said.

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