The Killers have launched legal action against their former manager for breach of contract.

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Britain and the United States of widening divisions between Iraq’s Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, saying Washington was “the cause of the problem” in the war-torn country.

The former manager of rock group The Killers has filed a federal lawsuit against the band members and their lawyer, seeking $16m for alleged breach of contract.