A statement dated 7 August 2026 (23 Safar 1448) and signed "Islamic Resistance in Iraq" says that a response scheduled for that day was postponed in answer to a call by the fighter Hajj Abu Hassan al-Amiri and to positions taken by some political leaders, adds that the pure blood of the martyrs was not and will not be a commodity in the market of political balances, calls on those whom "the chair has blinded" to protecting blood and violated sovereignty to reconsider, and tells the American enemy and its regional allies that sovereignty will not be recovered by timid statements but by the fists of the loyal. It went out between 16:23 and 16:33 UTC across the owned and affiliated media of six tracked factions in near-identical wording, with a further wave of headline extracts through 17:04. Two independent lines converge on the content — the full graphic text carried by official channels of three separate factions, and the shorter house-worded summaries — while nothing in the window contradicts it; what is missing is any specification of the postponed operation, its object, or a new date, and no faction claimed any attack.
- Al-Ilam al-HarbiIslamic Resistance in Iraq — affiliated07 Aug, 19:23
“It was decided to postpone the response that had been set for this day, the twenty-third of the month of Safar al-Khayr”
تقرر تأجيل الرد الذي كان مقرراً هذا اليوم، الثالث والعشرين من شهر صفر الخير
- Ilam al-MuqawamaIslamic Resistance in Iraq — affiliated07 Aug, 19:23
“The pure blood of the martyrs was not and will not be a commodity in the market of political balances”
دماء الشهداء الزكية ما كانت ولن تكون سلعة في سوق الموازنات السياسية
- Sabereen NewsKH — affiliated07 Aug, 19:23
“In answer to the call of the fighter Hajj (Abu Hassan al-Amiri), and in response to the honourable positions of some honourable political leaders”
تلبية لنداء الحاج المجاهد (أبو حسن العامري)، وتجاوباً مع المواقف المشرفة من بعض القادة السياسيين الشرفاء
- Al-Ittijah TVKH — official07 Aug, 19:23
“Sovereignty will not be recovered by timid statements, but by the fists of the loyal who do not bargain over the sanctity of the land or the dignity of the martyrs”
السيادة لن تُسترد بالبيانات الخجولة، بل بقبضات الأوفياء الذين لا يساومون على حرمة الأرض ولا كرامة الشهداء
- Al-Ghadeer TVBadr Organization — official07 Aug, 19:24
“It was decided to postpone the response that had been set for this day”
تقرر تأجيل الرد الذي كان مقرراً هذا اليوم
- Asaib Ahl al-HaqAAH — official armed group channel07 Aug, 19:24
“Let the American enemy and its allies in the region know that the blood of our martyrs and wounded is the fuel of our steadfastness”
وليعلم العدو الأمريكي وحلفاؤه في المنطقة أن دماء شهدائنا وجرحانا هي وقود صمودنا
- Shabab al-IslamAshab al-Kahf — owned/non-official07 Aug, 19:25
“We call on those whom the chair has blinded to the protection of blood and violated sovereignty to review themselves and return to their senses”
ندعو من أعماهم الكرسي عن صون الدماء والسيادة المنتهكة إلى مراجعة أنفسهم والرجوع لرشدهم
- Unit 10,000KH — affiliated07 Aug, 19:25
“It was decided to postpone the response that had been set for this day”
تقرر تأجيل الرد الذي كان مقرراً هذا اليوم
The wording concedes publicly that an armed response had been scheduled for a specific date and was stood down at the request of a named Iraqi political figure, which places the timing of faction operations visibly inside Iraqi political bargaining rather than outside it.