Wouldn't "legally" mean the Iraqi government would have to approve their being "grabbed"?

Here's a news story from January 15th:

Iraq wants Iranians freed

The Iraqi government called Sunday for the release of five Iranian officials accused by the U.S. military of being linked to an organization that provides weapons to Iraqi militants and supports violence against U.S. soldiers.

Kurdish legislators condemned the raid as "illegal." Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari defended the detainees -- members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's al-Quds Force -- as long-standing officials who provide outreach to Iranians in Iraq.

While the Iranians were not accredited diplomats, they worked in a well-known office approved by the Kurdish regional government that offers consular services and is on its way to becoming accredited as a formal consulate, Zebari said. A similar office exists in Sulaymaniyah, he said.

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