NewsSpecial WireIraqi Defence Minister says has information on Iranian meddling

Iraqi Defence Minister says has information on Iranian meddling

-

Iran Focus: Baghdad, Dec. 31 – The Iraqi Defence Minister announced yesterday that he has fresh information on Iranian and Syrian meddling in Iraq. “I have important information regarding the interference into Iraq by these two countries”, Hazem Shaalan said. Speaking on Al-Arabia satellite TV channel, Shaalan stated, “The Iraqi people will soon see footage of the confessions of one of the perpetrators who has information about the meddling of these two countries in Iraq”. Iran Focus

Baghdad, Dec. 31 – The Iraqi Defence Minister announced yesterday that he has fresh information on Iranian and Syrian meddling in Iraq. “I have important information regarding the interference into Iraq by these two countries”, Hazem Shaalan said.

Speaking on Al-Arabia satellite TV channel, Shaalan stated, “The Iraqi people will soon see footage of the confessions of one of the perpetrators who has information about the meddling of these two countries in Iraq”.

As an apparent reference to the accusations that Shaalan was harsher towards its neighbours than other Iraqi ministers, he said, “I have no personal animosity towards Iran, or Syria, or any other country and I when I make comments, I make them as the Defence Minister of Iraq, and I say if these countries act as the enemies of the Iraqi people, I will be their enemy”.

Shaalan had said previously, “Iran is the most dangerous enemy of Iraq and all Arab nations.” He recently stood by his remarks in an interview with the Saudi daily Al-Watan. In that interview the defence chief said that Iraq would soon air foreign satellite footage of 50 suicide vehicles entering the country from Iran, before Iraq’s upcoming elections, as soon as Iraq’s interim-Prime Minster, Ayad Allawi, gave the final approval.

At present terrorists in Iraq are coordinated, funded, and trained by Iranian intelligence, he added.

Over the past year, a string of Iraqi officials, including Iraq’s interim-Prime Minister and the interim-Iraqi President Ghazi Yawar, have accused Iran of meddling in Iraq. In a December 7 interview with the Washington Post, Yawar accused Iran of pouring “huge amounts of money” into fundamentalist Shiite parties hoping to create an Iraqi Islamic Republic.

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

Evidence on Iran Called Unclear

Washington Post: U.N. inspectors have not uncovered definitive evidence...

Belgian Treaty Offers Major Concession, Ignores Real Prospects for Regime Change

This week that the Belgian parliament ratified a treaty...

You might also likeRELATED
Recommended to you