On the evening of 3 August, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official owned media) aired remarks by Mahdi Khazaal, head of the Kalima Center for Dialogue, on its programme Qabl al-Ghad. He said there is no difference between what the state and the factions adopt, that the factions postponed a response to Saudi Arabia until after the Arbaeen visitation for general considerations, and that leniency toward what he called Saudi aggression would open the door to further attacks; he also said four factions are withholding weapons from confinement and refuse to discuss their arms amid the region's conflict. This rests on a single speaker on a single channel — no faction communiqué, no named faction, and no claim of responsibility appears anywhere in the supplied evidence, which is why the rung is no higher than preponderance.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official owned media03 Aug, 23:58
“The factions postponed the response to Saudi Arabia until after the Arbaeen visitation for general considerations… Leniency with the Saudi aggression will open the door to further attacks… The factions abstaining from weapons confinement number four and put forward their vision without hesitation… they refuse to discuss their weapons amid the region's conflict.”
الفصائل ارجأت الرد على السعودية الى ما بعد زيارة الاربعين لاعتبارات عامة … التهاون مع العدوان السعودي سيفتح الباب لاعتداءات اخرى … الفصائل الممتنعة عن حصر السلاح 4 وتطرح رؤيتها بلا تردد … ترفض الحديث عن سلاحها وسط صراع المنطقة
a named faction or an Islamic Resistance in Iraq statement adopting the postponement language; any claim under a known brand after the Arbaeen visitation; a second tracked channel carrying the same four-faction formulation; or an on-record government or Saudi response — any of these moves this file.