News On Iran & Its NeighboursIraqInsurgent Admits Iran, Syria Links on Tape

Insurgent Admits Iran, Syria Links on Tape

-

AP: A militant leader suspected of involvement in beheadings and bloody attacks in Iraq confessed to Iraqi authorities his group’s links with Iran and Syria, according to footage aired by the US-based and funded Alhurra television. By ASSOCIATED PRESS

BAGHDAD, Iraq – A militant leader suspected of involvement in beheadings and bloody attacks in Iraq confessed to Iraqi authorities his group’s links with Iran and Syria, according to footage aired by the US-based and funded Alhurra television.

Moayad Ahmed Yasseen, the leader of Jaish Muhammad, Arabic for Muhammad’s Army, was shown in the program aired in Iraq Friday, nearly two months after his capture in Fallujah, the guerrilla stronghold west of Baghdad.

The Arabic-language station said the Iraq Ministry of Defense provided the tape, filmed on Dec. 24. The circumstances of his purported confession were unclear.

Yasseen, a former colonel in Saddam Hussein’s army, said two former military officers were sent “to Iran in April or May, where they met a number of Iranian intelligence officials.”

He said Iranian officials provided money, weapons “and as far as I know even car bombs” for the group. He said among the officials they met in Iran was its supreme leader Ali Khamenei.

Yasseen also said he got permission from Saddam _ while the former dictator was in hiding after his ouster during the US led invasion in 2003 to cross into Syria and meet a Syrian intelligence officer to ask for money and weapons. He didn’t say if the request was granted.

Latest news

 Statistics show that New Year accidents’ deaths in Iran reached 585

Ahmad Shirani, the head of the Information and Traffic Control Center of the Iranian regime’s police, announced that the...

Land Subsidence in Critical Conditions in Isfahan

Mehdi Toghyani, a member of the Iranian regime’s Majlis (parliament), pointed to the occurrence of land subsidence in various...

Iran’s Actual Inflation Rate Higher Than Official Stats

The state-run Donya-e-eqtesad newspaper, in a report analyzing the "general sentiment" regarding inflation in 2023, has stated that households...

Iranian Workers’ Monthly $136 Wages Can’t Cover $500 Expenses

The lives of a significant portion of the Iranian population are marked by uncertainty, largely because the Iranian economy...

Iranian Nurses Earn Twice Their Wages in Ride-Hailing Services

Reza Aryanpour, a member of the regime’s Majlis (parliament) Health and Treatment Commission, highlighted the growing trend of nurses...

Iran: Unprecedented Record of 152 Million Liters of Gasoline Consumption Per Day

On March 19, Iran set a new historical record in gasoline consumption with 152 million liters consumed in one...

Must read

EU calls on Iran to halt nuclear activities at conversion plant

Iran Focus: London, Aug. 17 - The European Union...

Iran’s Ahmadinejad to visit Saudi on Saturday

AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to visit Saudi...

You might also likeRELATED
Recommended to you