On August 24, four Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) segments described reduced rhetoric, calmer government handling and private dialogue as the preferred course on state control of weapons and faction negotiations. Haider al-Mousawi said outside media had tried to push al-Zaydi into fighting the factions, Ghalib al-Daami praised calm government pathways that extended time, and Essam Hussein presented negotiations within the Shia political system as an Iraqi national process linked to solutions after September 30. These were positions of guests carried by the channel, not a formal AAH declaration or an agreement among the factions.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official
“Outside media tried to push al-Zaydi into fighting the factions; it chose calm paths to extend time; we support private dialogue away from the media; what is happening inside the Shia system is an Iraqi national will; al-Assaf’s statement came to reduce escalation.”
إعلام خارجي حاول دفع الزيدي للاقتتال مع الفصائل؛ اختارت مسارات هادئة لتمديد الوقت؛ نؤيد الحوار الخاص بعيداً عن الإعلام؛ مايحصل داخل المنظومة الشيعية إرادة وطنية عراقية؛ بيان العساف جاء لخفض التصعيد
The segments consistently presented weapons control as a delayed and negotiated process rather than immediate enforcement or public confrontation with the factions.