Posts Tagged: Iran Iraq
Iran-Backed Militias in Iraq Ready to Disarm to Avert Trump Wrath
Several powerful Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of an escalating conflict with the US Trump administration, 10 senior commanders and Iraqi officials told Reuters. The...
Drone, Rocket Attacks Targeted US Forces in Iraq, US Officials Say
US forces in Iraq and Syria faced two separate rocket and explosive drone attacks in less than 24 hours, Iraqi security sources and US officials...
Iraqi Kurdish PM Cancels Meeting With Iran Minister in Protest Over Attack
Iraqi Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani canceled a meeting with Iran's foreign minister at the World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland in protest over...
The US Must Reduce Iranian Influence in Iraq
A significant part of the Iranian regime’s strategy is to exert overriding influence over Iraq’s politics, economy, and military. This provides Iran with a land corridor...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Shell Kurdish Targets North of Iraq’s Erbil: State Media
Iran's Revolutionary Guards artillery fire hit an area north of the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Erbil on Wednesday, targeting what Iranian state television described as...
Baghdad Clashes Hurt 30 as Iran-Aligned Parties Dispute Iraq Vote Results
Clashes in Baghdad between Iraqi security forces and supporters of parties that are disputing the results of an October general election injured more than two...
Iran’s Threat to Iraq Is a Threat to the US
The annual threat assessment released in April by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence states that “Iran will remain a regional menace...
The New Quds Force Commander’s Visit to Iraq Bodes Ill for American and World Peace
In early April, Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani, who had succeeded Qassem Soleimani three months earlier, visited Iraq to unify the Shiite factions in opposition...
Why Iran Should Expect More Social Unrest
Karl Marx famously predicted that workers in the industrial powerhouses of England and Prussia would be the first candidates for the proletarian revolution. He based...
It’s Time for Europe to Stand With the Iranian People
JNS.org - In Tehran, the mullahs have blamed the recent protests in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon not on their own repressive regimes and proxies, but...
The Ayatollahs’ Anxiety Is Showing
JNS.org - Whether the uprising in Iran is leading to the ultimate collapse of the 40-year reign of the ayatollahs remains to be seen. But...
Iran’s 2019 Gasoline Protests: What Happens Next?
Iran’s leaders have survived yet another challenge to their rule from an increasingly restive population. The November demonstrations protesting an increase in gasoline prices were...
Tehran and the Restive Iraqis
With many Iraqis (including Shiites) blaming Tehran for the social restiveness engulfing their country, Iranian policymakers fear the weakening of Tehran’s grip on its neighbor. While...
Iran and Its Proxies Face the Costs of Imperialism
In a serious jolt to the Iranian regime, recent weeks have seen recurrent attacks on the headquarters of pro-Iranian militia headquarters in Iraq’s southern provinces....
