Sent_en: 2fil 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: Sinabi ng tagapagsalita ng Pentagon na si Bryan Whitman sa Agence France-Presse na ang gusali na sinalakay ay "hindi gusali ng konsulado o gusali ng gobyerno," na mukhang kinumpirma ng panlabas na ministro ng Iraq, Hoshyar Zebari, na ang mga taga Iran ay nagtatrabaho sa opisina na may pahintulot ng gobyerno at nasa proseso na pagpapatibay bilang konsulado, pero hindi ito ang konsulado o ang Konsulado Heneral ng Iran.