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Memri
31-03-2025
- Politics
- Memri
Iranian Ambassador to Iraq, Mohammad Kazem Al-Sadegh: If Trump Is Willing to Return to Nuclear Talks – We Are Prepared to Do So Following the P5+1 Negotiations Model, but Iran Will Not Succumb to Thre
Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Mohammad Kazem Al-Sadegh stated on Al-Sharqiya TV (Iraq) on March 29, 2025, that describing the resistance factions in the region as Iranian proxies is an insult, as these factions are independent and operate in complete freedom. He further emphasized that Iran's ballistic missiles are a defensive measure for the Islamic Republic, and Iran will not allow anyone to impose conditions on this. Al-Sadegh also mentioned that Iran is prepared for dialogue over the nuclear program, following the model of the P5+1 negotiations, whenever the United States or President Trump is willing to return to talks. However, he qualified that Iran will not succumb to rhetoric of threats and intimidation.
Memri
27-03-2025
- Politics
- Memri
Former Shi'ite Iraqi Militia Leader Aws Al-Khafaji Turns Against Iran: There Is No Such Thing As The Resistance Axis; Iran Only Considers Us Fellow Shi'ites When It Serves Its Interests; Iraq Defended Iran Against ISIS, Not The Other Way Around
Former Shi'ite Iraqi militia leader Aws Al-Khafaji criticized Iran in a March 16, 2025 interview with Al-Sharqiya TV (Iraq). He dismissed the concept of the 'Resistance Axis,' questioning Iran's connection to resistance. Al-Khafaji argued that Iran has not sacrificed martyrs for Palestine, unlike Iraqis who fought for Palestine and are buried in Hebron. He accused Iran of only acknowledging Iraqis as Shi'ites when it serves its interests. Al-Khafaji further stated that Iraq acted as a "dam," preventing ISIS from threatening Iran and the Gulf, thereby saving Iran, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. He pointed out that while Iran claims to have saved Iraq, only 100 Iranian "advisers" were killed in Iraq compared to 22,000 Iraqi casualties. When asked whether he would support Iran in the event of an American attack, he stated that he would do what he could to support Muslims against the infidels. Aws Al-Khafaji: "There is no such thing as the Resistance Axis. This notion is foreign to resistance. [...] "When did Iran become 'resistance'?" Interviewer: "Ever since I was born, they have been chanting about resistance and Jerusalem." Al-Khafaji: "Name a single Iranian martyr in Palestine. The Hebron graveyard is full of Iraqi martyrs. [...] "Since when has Iran been our Shi'ite [strategic] depth?" Interviewer: "Since 1979." Al-Khafaji: "Okay. So were we not Shi'ites in 1991, when we were thrown into mass graves? Were we not Shi'ites in 1999, when sayyed Muhammad Al-Sadr and his two sons were assassinated, and a large intifada broke out? Members of the Badr organization and some other mujahideen [exiled] in Iran were trying to enter Iraq, and they were prevented by the Islamic Republic? Were we not Shi'ites when we fought America and the occupation, throughout Iraq from 2003 to 2005? Nobody supported us. Why? When we were thrown into mass graveyards, we were surprised to see Uday Saddam Hussein and Hussein Kamel signing agreements with the Islamic Republic. [...] "Now all of a sudden we are Shi'ites, when it serves their interests? So it is not a 'unity of fronts,' but a unity of interests." [...] Al-Khafaji: "In 2014, [ISIS] threatened Iraq? No. It threatened Iran and the Gulf. We acted like a dam [stopping ISIS]. We made the sacrifices and saved Iran, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia from ISIS. [...] "May Allah have mercy on the Iranian advisors who were martyred [in Iraq], but there were no more than 100 of them, while we had 22,000 [casualties], but they are still saying that it was Iran that defended Iraq." [...] Interviewer: "What if America wages war against Iran?" Al-Khafaji: "I will support Iran against America." Interviewer: "You will stand by Iran against America?" Al-Khafaji: "As much as I can." Interviewer: "What do you mean?" Al-Khafaji: "What capabilities do I have?" Interviewer: "You will support it with prayers?" Al-Khafaji: "My capabilities are prayers, rhetoric, demonstrations, weapons, targeting of [American] interests..." Interviewer: "So if Iran is attacked, you will target American interests in Iraq?" Al-Khafaji: "I will do what I can." Interviewer: "What if someone gives you weapons?" Al-Khafaji: "Who will?" Interviewer: "It doesn't matter. Let's say you get weapons." Al-Khafaji: "I pledge before Allah that I will stand by the oppressed and against the oppressor." Interviewer: "Will you target American interest in Iraq if the U.S. wages war against Iran?" Al-Khafaji: "If I can, I will." Interviewer: "Naturally, if you can..." Al-Khafaji: "Yes." Interviewer: "In any case, you will stand by Iran." Al-Khafaji: "Of course. I support the Muslims against the infidels, brother. That goes without saying."
