Sunday, December 22, 2024
Exclusive: Iran denies connection to Iraqi armed factions; asserts continued support, 22 DEC
Exclusive: Iran denies connection to Iraqi armed factions; asserts continued support
Shafaq News/ On Saturday, Iranian affairs researcher Mojtaba Haidari denied any connection between Tehran and Iraqi resistance factions, emphasizing that the decision to dissolve these factions is "an Iraqi choice," however, as long as the resistance exists, "Iran will continue to support it."
Haidari told Shafaq News Agency, "The decision to dissolve the factions is uncertain, and fundamentally, the resistance is self-sustained in Iraq and not related to Iran. Iran supports the resistance but did not establish it."
"Successive Iraqi governments have asked Iran, given its good relations with the resistance factions, to intervene and talk to them to reduce tensions, especially regarding the targeting of American forces in Iraq. Iran has understood these requests."
Haidari explained that "Tehran realizes that Baghdad's stability will also benefit Iran, given its internal problems and sanctions. Therefore, Iraq's security positively impacts Iran, while problems in Iraq would negatively affect it."
He confirmed that "given the current events, it is unlikely that anyone will call for the dissolution of the factions, especially with the existing threats to Iraq. Everyone is aware of these threats and the seriousness of the situation, so Iraqis themselves will support the resistance."
In recent days, there have been reports in Iraq suggesting that change is coming to Baghdad following the fall of Bashar Al-Assad's regime in Syria. This coincided with the revelation of details from a meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani in Baghdad, where Blinken called for the dissolution of the factions and the handover of their weapons to the state, as well as limiting Iran's influence in Iraq.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Baha al-Araji, close to the current Iraqi PM, confirmed to Shafaq News Agency that "fears of security or political developments in Iraq in the coming period are far from reality, especially since there are those who want to ignite internal strife to promote events that cannot happen in Iraq, particularly on the security and military levels."
Al-Araji pointed out that "the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) is an official Iraqi institution with legislated law, and the talk about calls to dissolve the PMF is unfounded. As for the armed factions, any decision regarding their dismantling or otherwise is exclusively made by the Iraqi state. It is an internal Iraqi issue, and the decision-makers will determine whether these factions remain or not. Even the factions themselves are contingent on the presence of occupation; without this reason, there would be no armed factions."
TIDBIT FROM WALKINGSTICK, 22 DEC
Walkingstick
You want to go to Chase [to exchange your Iraqi dinar]?
Nah.
Where you going to go? Aki.
There's going to be thousands of those exchange centers all over the world.
If Chase is going to make you wait 6 months I'm just gonna go to Aki's or the CBI's private banks...
In Michigan there will be hundreds of them.
,Iraq’s Al-Sudani to visit Mosul on Sunday for key projects: Source 22 DEC
Iraq’s Al-Sudani to visit Mosul on Sunday for key projects: Source
Shafaq News/ Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani is scheduled to visit Mosul in northern Iraq on Sunday, accompanied by a small delegation of ministers, a source in Nineveh province revealed on Saturday.
The source told Shafaq News that “the visit’s agenda includes the inauguration of several key projects, such as the al-Qayyarah power plant, as well as the groundbreaking for the Riverfront Project in the Old City of Mosul.”
Al-Sudani is also expected to meet with tribal leaders and prominent figures from Mosul.
Earlier, Nineveh Governor Abdul Qadir al-Dakhil announced PM's upcoming visit to Mosul to lay the foundation stone for the Riverfront Project, one of the key reconstruction initiatives for the old city.
The PM visited Nineveh twice in 2024, first in March and again in May. During his first visit, Al-Sudani launched several major service projects, including the new Al-Ghazlani residential city.
On January 21, 2024, Al-Sudani ordered the implementation of several projects in Nineveh, including the Riverfront Project and the Traffic Congestion Relief Project for Old Mosul.
MAJEED UPDATE, 22 DEC
MAJEED
would you look at that?
Article 77 of the three years budget Was about HCL .
And they are looking to strength relationship between Iraq and Kurdistan.
They are now on the same path together.
Because the rate about to change and Kurdistan will receive HCL.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met with Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) President Bafel Talabani to discuss the country’s overall situation, emphasizing the need for dialogue among Kurdosh political parties to accelerate the formation of the new Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) cabinet and strengthen cooperation between the federal and regional governments in security, politics, and development - statement
: PM office
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