"Iran is deeply opposed to the Islamic State. Tehran’s Shiite theocracy sees the militants as a challenge to Iraq’s majority Shiites — whose political parties have close ties to Iran — and a destabilizing force against Iran’s other main regional ally, President Bashar al-Assad in Syria. Iranian-backed Shiite militias in Iraq have already joined battles to drive back Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq.
But Iran’s partnership in the coalition would risk repercussions. Sunni Arab states such as Saudi Arabia — longtime Iranian rivals — are likely to oppose any high-profile role by Iran in the Islamic State showdowns.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the United States raised the issue of the militant threat during separate U.S.-Iranian negotiations aimed at curbing Iran’s disputed nuclear program, she said.
“It is not a secret that we have had discussions with Iran about the counter-ISIL efforts in Iraq,” Psaki said, using one of the acronyms for the Islamic State. “I am not going to outline every diplomatic discussion.”
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