Iran's foreign minister denied reports Sunday that his country
could be planning a retaliatory strike against the U.S. Embassy
in Baghdad if the United States launches a military strike
against Syria.  "Iran will take no action against its ally and
brother -- Iraq -- and I believe all these allegations are there
to justify any military strikes, which are a danger for those
planning them," said Mohammad-Javad Zarif, according to the
Iranian state-run news agency INSA.  "Iran has no plans to act
against its friend and brother, Iraq," the minister added.  Last
week, a senior U.S. official told CNN the United States has
obtained intelligence indicating that Iran "may be planning"
such a retaliatory strike.  He said that Iran has "a lot of
Shi'a friends" in Iraq that would be willing to carry out an
attack.  The official was responding to a Wall Street Journal
report that the United States intercepted an order from Iran to
militants in Iraq to attack the embassy "and other American
interests in Baghdad," if the Un