TEHRAN (ISNA) - Iran has said Iraq’s unusual claim over oil wells located near the Iran-Iraq border is totally unfounded.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini stated that the claim seems to be baseless and those who make such claims do not provide enough information.
Monday Iraq accused Iran of illegal extraction of Iraq’s oil reserves.
Hosseini has said Iran is ready to hold a committee with technical boards from both countries to look into the issue.
The American news agency United Press wrote Iraqi foreign ministry sent a letter to Iranian officials accusing Iran of unlawful oil extraction from Iraq’s oil wells.
The letter delivered by Iraq’s embassy in Tehran says Iran should stop oil activities in those fields until both sides sign a memorandum in this regard, Iraqi foreign minister deputy said.
An Iraqi board is to trip to Iran soon to discuss border-related issues and joint oilfields, he added.
But one of Iraqi oil ministry top officials criticized the charges against Iran and accused Kuwait of illegal extraction of Iraq’s oil reserves.