Iraq’s Kata’ib Hezbollah threatens airspace closure over ban on Iran flights

TEHRAN – The security chief of Kata’ib Hezbollah on Monday warned the Iraqi government led by Prime Minister Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi that if Iraq continues the air blockade against Iran after Oct. 1, people may close the entry points to Iraq’s airspace for other countries that join the air ban.

By staff writer

Iraqi Resistance threatens nationwide sit-ins over US-pushed Iran flight ban

Mass rallies demand end to Iraqi compliance with US flight sanctions

TEHRAN — The United States expanded its economic warfare against Iran into Iraqi airspace this week. Baghdad complied. Resistance factions immediately pushed back.

By Ali Minabi

The security and economic gamble facing Iraq

TEHRAN – This withdrawal of U.S. forces is not like its predecessor in 2011, and comparisons drawn from earlier stages of the American-Iraqi relationship are of no use here.

By Ali Minabi

Iraq’s security risks amid US withdrawal

TEHRAN – There is intense debate in Baghdad over whether the anticipated U.S. military withdrawal will close one chapter or mark the beginning of another.

By staff writer

Iraqi Resistance rejects Saudi pipeline accusation as ‘an honor we do not claim’

TEHRAN — The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has formally rejected Saudi allegations blaming it for recent drone strikes on the kingdom’s East-West crude pipeline. The resistance movement dismissed the charge on Saturday as “an honor we do not claim” and warned that the accusations are part of “malicious Zionist-American plots” meant to trap Iraq in a regional crisis.

By Ali Minabi

Maliki offers ‘containment’ for Iraqi resistance

TEHRAN – Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has rejected the disarmament of resistance factions, proposing “containment” as an alternative to stripping them of their weapons.

By Ali Minabi

Iraq’s uncertain future amid America’s “withdrawal”

TEHRAN – Iraq’s political, economic, and security fragility amid mounting U.S. pressure threatens its sovereignty and stability, while placing the burden of its accumulated crises on ordinary citizens.

By Ali Minabi

Iraqi resistance group sets conditions over weapons

Kataeb Hezbollah demands full exit of US forces, dissolution of Peshmerga and expulsion of Turkish forces in northern Iraq

TEHRAN – An official from the Iraqi resistance group Kataeb Hezbollah has issued a sharply worded statement setting out conditions for any future cooperation with the Iraqi government over the question of weapons held by the resistance forces.

By Wesam Bahrani

Iraqi resistance signals new equation amid war on Iran

TEHRAN – The Islamic resistance in Iraq has hinted at the emergence of a new equation linking regional security dynamics to developments in Iran and Lebanon.

By Wesam Bahrani

Post-election Iraq review

TEHRAN – As Iraq concludes a hard-fought election, attention is now turning to the challenge of forming a new government.