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Iranian President Hassan Rohani says Turkey must get permission from the Iraqi government to take part in the operation to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) extremist group.

"We regard as very dangerous [acts of] intervention by foreign countries without any coordination with the host country," Rohani said during a visit to the central Iranian province of Markazi on October 24.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said on October 24 that "it is not acceptable at all if a country, under the pretext of combating terrorism or any other crimes, tries to violate the sovereignty" of another country.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has called for Turkey to keep out of the operation to retake Mosul.

But Ankara has refused and insisted it will participate in the offensive...

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