At the conclusion of tripartite talks, which took place on Monday in Vienna between Iran and the United States and coordinator of foreign policy of the European Union , Catherine Ashton on the nuclear issue, Assistant State's chief nuclear negotiator, Abbas Araghchi told reporters in reply to a question, whether there has been talks with the Americans on the issue of Iraq ?, he said that we talked with Americans on the nuclear issue only.

A senior U.S. official has said that the United States and Iran discussed the situation in Iraq, "briefly" on Monday, saying that such discussions "will not talk about military cooperation," and that Washington would not take "strategic decisions" without consultation with the Iraqis.

The gunmen controlled large areas in northern Iraq during the past week, after the battles fought with Iraqi government forces.