During the two weeks after protests first swept through Iraq, Iraqis faced a brutal crackdown launched by the militias and security forces heavily supported by Iran, which killed more than 180 Iraqi protesters. The protesters said the promise of reforms was just an illusion
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IRGC plan of oppression on Arbaeen ceremony
Iran’s regime has resorted to widespread and unprecedented oppressive measures, in absolute fear of the Iraqi people’s uprising against the Iranian regime, which has left around 200 dead
Iranian role in suppressing uprisings in Iraq
At the beginning of October, protests erupted and spread across Iraq. The footages of oppression and the killing of Iraqi people shocked the whole world. Protestors accused the Iranian regime and its militias of brutal suppression and demanded its expulsion from the Iraqi territory
Protestors in Iraq point fingers at Iran
Unquestionably, 1 October 2019 will be remembered as one of the most momentous days of the year in Iraq, the day protests erupted in Baghdad and across the country and were met with unprecedented lethal force
U.S. Sanctions pressure Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon
The conflict between Iran and the U.S. that has created tensions throughout much of the Middle East is now also being felt in Lebanon, where Washington has slapped sanctions on the Iran-backed Hezbollah
Qods Force infiltrates Iraq
The Kuwaiti daily Al-Seyassah reported on 11 October that the heads of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Qods Force are pursuing the affairs of the militias connected to the IRGC in Iraq
Iranian regime profiting from Iraqi chaos
As anti-government rallies began in Iraq in early October, the security forces responded with brute force, killing more than 100 protesters and injuring thousands more
Across the U.S. Iran works through a network of supporters to push propaganda
Ever since Donald Trump moved into the White House on January 2017, it was clear that things would change for the Iranian Regime. The policy of appeasement would end and American
Brother of UAE Crown prince on secret mission to Iran
The UAE crown prince’s younger brother has been in Tehran for the last 48 hours on a secret mission aiming to defuse the Gulf crisis, the Middle East Eye reported on Sunday
Iran struggles to impose hegemony on neighboring countries
In remarks that could easily be perceived as a threat, Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif declared on Thursday that either all countries in the Persian Gulf region will enjoy guarantees of security
Widespread presence of IRGC Qods Force in Iraq under diplomatic cover
For the past week, Iraq has been burning in the flames of the protests of a disgruntled population over the poor state of people’s livelihoods. A key slogan in the nationwide popular uprising since October 1 has been the call to expel Iran’s regime and its agents from Iraq and end the mullahs’ meddling in the affairs of this country
