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Iraq Monitorعين على العراقPrimary-source intelligence
19 Aug, 21:42 BAGHDAD

AAH accepts state weapons control, rejects counter-terrorism law for factions

WHAT HAPPENED

On Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) on the evening of 19 August, Sadiqoun deputy chairman Ahmad al-Mousawi said no faction or political party objects to restricting weapons to the state, that his bloc agrees with 90 percent of the factions' conditions, and that Iran supports the restriction, while adding that the file must not be subjected to outside pressure, that treating the factions under the counter-terrorism law would be a catastrophe, and that the PMF is an extension of resistance thinking whose preservation is necessary. He also said the prime minister committed to sending the two PMF laws to parliament. Within the same hour Al-Ittijah TV (KH — official) framed Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf's Baghdad visit around holding on to resistance weapons, so two faction channels touch the weapons question from different directions in the window.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Al-Ittijah TVKH — official19 Aug, 21:22

    “The leading posts on X about holding on to the resistance's weapons and Ghalibaf's visit to Baghdad.”

    أبرز التدوينات على منصة "إكس" حول التمسك سلاح المقاومة وزيارة قاليباف إلى بغداد

  2. Al-Ittijah TVKH — official19 Aug, 21:35

    “Ghalibaf's visit... Iraq at the heart of the resistance.”

    زيارة قاليباف.. العراق بقلب المقاومة

  3. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official19 Aug, 21:40

    “There is no faction or political party that objects to restricting weapons to the state... treating the factions under the counter-terrorism law is a catastrophe... the weapons-restriction file must not be subjected to any external pressures.”

    لا يوجد فصيل اوحزب سياسي يعترض على حصر السلاح بيد الدولة... معاملة الفصائل بقانون مكافحة الإرهاب كارثة... يجب عدم اخضاع ملف حصر السلاح لأي ضغوط خارجية

  4. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official19 Aug, 21:42

    “We agree with 90 percent of the factions' conditions for restricting weapons to the state... Iran supports restricting weapons to the state... the PMF is an extension of resistance thinking and preserving it is necessary.”

    نتفق بنسبة 90 بالمئة مع شروط الفصائل لحصر السلاح... إيران تدعم حصر السلاح بيد الدولة... الحشد امتداد لفكر المقاومة والحفاظ عليه ضروري

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement. A channel name opens the message where it was posted.
WHY IT MATTERS

AAH is defining the terms on which weapons legislation can proceed — state framework yes, counter-terrorism prosecution no — and attaching Iran's name to that formula, which sets the bar any Iraqi government proposal has to clear to be acceptable to the bloc.