Iran dispatched Soleimani's successor to form a Shiite bloc rejecting Zarfi

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[size=52]Iran dispatched Soleimani's successor to form a Shiite bloc rejecting Zarfi[/size]

[size=45]A new contract that Tehran is trying to conclude with the Shiite forces in Iraq - after the previous contract that broke out with the killing of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani - has run out, coinciding with the end of the constitutional deadline for forming a new government.
[size=45]He is being matched by an escalation in rhetoric between the United States and Iran, following suggestions that a military strike might be launched against Tehran’s arms in Iraq (armed factions), at a time when news of the arrival of "Patriot" missiles reached US bases in the country.[/size]
[size=45]And an Iraqi political source says, Ismail Qaani, who is the successor of Soleimani who was killed earlier this year by an American raid near Baghdad airport, recently arrived in the country to create a new understanding instead of the one that ended with the killing of the former general.[/size]
[size=45]Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei announced the appointment of Qaani on the same day that Qassem Soleimani was declared dead, according to Iranian media.[/size]
[size=45]Qaani is considered one of the most prominent leaders of the Revolutionary Guards in the eight-year war that took place between Iraq and Iran.[/size]
[size=45]The source, who requested not to be named, confirms in a statement to Al-Mada that "many of the Shiite leaders were operating under Soleimani's command, and he met me and came up with a new map of action."[/size]
[size=45]After the killing of Soleimani and Deputy Popular Mobilization leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, political forces called on the United States to withdraw its forces from Iraq and threatened to use weapons against them.[/size]
[size=45]The political source close to the atmosphere of the government formation negotiations notes that "the Iranian weight directed against Adnan Al-Zarfi is unprecedented this time."[/size]
[size=45]Tehran often sent its former envoy, Qassem Soleimani, to Baghdad at critical moments, such as those related to choosing a prime minister, or even in times of turmoil and protests.[/size]
[size=45]Iran is afraid of losing Iraq[/size]
[size=45]The source, who was a leader in one of the major Shiite forces, used to say that "the time this time is different, there is a historical turning point happening in Iraq, and Iran believes that if it does not intervene this time strongly, then Iraq will be permanently lost." Shiite parties, some of whom openly state, believe that Al-Zarfi is a US soldier in Iraq, and will not allow his passage.[/size]
[size=45]A leader in Asaib Ahl al-Haq, led by Qais al-Khazali, Jawad al-Talibawi, said in a press statement that some of the hostiles are driving today "for the American project and paving the way for their righteous soldier, Adnan al-Zarfi."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Zrafi (54 years old) had immigrated to the United States in 1994, until he returned after the overthrow of the previous regime, within the "Reconstruction of Iraq" team formed by Paul Bremer, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority that ruled Iraq from 2003 to 2004. According to close media From Tehran, that Qayani arrived in Baghdad the day before yesterday, and met with the leader of the Alliance of the Hadi al-Amiri, the head of the State of Law coalition Nuri al-Maliki, and Ammar al-Hakim, leader of the al-Hikma movement. Sadr movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr and others may meet in Najaf.[/size]
[size=45]According to the source’s analysis, the Iranian unprecedented weight this time came because the Iraq file is more important than Hezbollah in Lebanon, Syria, or Yemen. He added: "Iran considers Iraq the most important pressure card against the United States and is not ready to lose it."[/size]
[size=45]Two days ago, media outlets close to the Lebanese Hezbollah said that American forces had taken a decision during the past hours to hit 10 headquarters of the Badr Organization, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Al-Najaba, and the Hezbollah Brigades.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday that his country "will respond to any threat to the Americans as it happened in Iraq."[/size]
[size=45]In the past few days, the US-led coalition forces have vacated four military bases in Iraq. On the other hand, a video was published - (Al-Mada) could not be authenticated - showing American soldiers installing the Patriot anti-missile system, at Ein Al-Assad and Al-Harir bases in the west and north of the country.[/size]
[size=45]Simultaneously, the al-Nujaba movement, a faction of the PMF, declared that "the resistance against the Americans will not stop", whether with a friendly government or an enemy of the United States.[/size]
[size=45]"The Islamic Resistance is ready to crush all American evil bases and their paper systems," Deputy Assistant Secretary General of the Al-Nujaba Movement, Nasr al-Shammari, said in press statements yesterday, referring to the Patriot missiles.[/size]
[size=45]Majority in favor of al-Zarfi[/size]
[size=45]In the midst of that escalation, the official in charge of forming the government, Adnan al-Zorfi, had published tweets about Iran, talked about the importance of the geographical location of the two countries (Iraq and Iran), and also revealed that he might play a mediating role between Washington and Tehran. The political source, who has witnessed a number of recent dialogues to form the government, says that "Zorfi has a Shiite majority that would qualify him to pass his government," despite Iranian pressure.[/size]
[size=45]An audio recording was attributed to the politician and former deputy, Azza al-Shabandar, in which he revealed that he is a candidate with two others instead of Zarfi, who are: the former interior minister, Qasim al-Araji, and former sports minister Abd al-Hussein Abtan.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Shabandar called, according to the recording, that he is now engaged in discussions to persuade Zarfi to apologize for the appointment, or to form a Shiite majority to reject the latter in parliament.[/size]
[size=45]On the other hand, the Shiite political source said that "more than 100 Shiite MPs support Zorfi, and they are from the masses of walking, victory, wisdom, virtue, and others from separate forces."[/size]
[size=45]He also said that the Kurdish forces also performed al-Zarfi, and most Sunnis also, and the rest are awaiting the session of offering confidence.[/size]
[size=45]The source confirmed that some members of the opposition Shiite blocs "received threats in the event of Al-Zarfi’s support or even making any statement that would be in the interest of the latter.”[/size]


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