Menteri Luar Negeri Irak Hoshyar Zebari mengatakan kantor itu belum lagi berfungsi sebagai konsulat penuh, yang menunjukkan bahwa serangan tersebut tak melanggar protokol diplomatik apa pun sebagaimana telah dikatakan di Teheran.
Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said the office had not yet become a full-fledged consulate, indicating that the raid had not violated any diplomatic protocols as had initially been claimed in Tehran.