Sent_en: 2zh Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told Agence France-Presse that the building raided was "not a consulate or a government building", which appears to be confirmed by the Iraqi foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, who said the Iranians were working at an office that had government approval and was in the process of being approved as a consulate, but was not a Consulate nor the Iranian Consulate General.
Sent_yy: 五角大楼发言人布莱恩・惠特曼向法国新闻社表示，伊拉克外交部长霍希亚尔・泽巴里似已确认突袭的大楼并非领事馆或政府大楼，其表示伊拉克政府已批准这些伊朗人在办公室工作，该办公室已被政府批准并在审批成为领事机构过程中，但并不是作为领事馆或伊朗总领事馆。