Minister of State for National Assembly Safa al-Din Al-safi of Iraq

Safa al-Din Mohammed al-Safi is an Iraqi politician who has been acting Justice Minister in the government of Nouri al-Maliki since April 2007.

Immediately afterward, Al-Safi is interviewed by phone on this development.

Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Safa al-Din Mohammed al-Safi said the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had condemned British troops for raiding the police information and security building in Basra, ordering all cooperation with British forces be suspended until completion of investigations into the matter.