TEL AVIV – In its ongoing attempt to drive the U.S. and Iraq apart, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iraq’s U.S.-backed prime minister on Thursday that America is not to be trusted and he should not depend on it when fighting the Islamic State, Reuters reported, quoting Iran’s state TV.

“Unity was the most important factor in your gains against terrorists and their supporters,” Khamenei told Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi during a visit to Tehran.

The U.S. has 5,000 troops in Iraq and has provided weapons and training to the Iraqi army while Iran trains and funds other Iraqi Shiite forces in the country.

Iraq has…