US Calls on Iraq to Protect American Diplomats in Baghdad

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said that ‘Iraqi terrorist militia groups aligned with Iran’ had conducted multiple drone attacks near a U.S. diplomatic facility.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau attends a working lunch at the Shield of the Americas Summit at Trump National Doral Miami on March 7, 2026. Rebecca Blackwell/Reuters

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau called on Iraq to better protect American diplomats in the country, following an alleged drone attack near a U.S. diplomatic facility in Baghdad.

Landau on April 9 summoned Iraqi Ambassador Nizar Khirullah to condemn what State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott called the “egregious terrorist attacks by Iran-aligned militia groups” launched from Iraq against U.S. diplomatic personnel and facilities.