Iran's aid for Iraqi militias rising: US

Iranian support for militias who are destabilizing Iraq has risen since the United States and Iran held breakthrough talks in Baghdad in May, the US envoy to Iraq said yesterday after a fresh round of discussions.

Ryan Crocker told a news conference after talks on Iraq's security crisis with his Iranian counterpart that much of the dialogue was "not terribly relevant".

"The two months since May have not exactly been encouraging," Crocker said after meeting Iranian Ambassador Hassan Kazemi-Qomi for several hours.