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Story updateNew30 Sept, 00:04 BAGHDAD

Guest Mohammed al-Yasiri rejects insulting the premier – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV

THE FILE11 SIGNALS · OPENED 28 Sept
  1. 28 Sept, 20:50KH channels claim battlefield strikes outweigh negotiations
  2. 28 Sept, 23:47Kataib Hezbollah official says hostile aircraft face shootdown
  3. 29 Sept, 03:32Islamic Resistance in Iraq threatens measures against Zaidi government, report says
  4. 29 Sept, 08:32Kata’ib Hezbollah threatens hostile aircraft after withdrawal – Rudaw
  5. 29 Sept, 12:43KH security official threatens ports over Iran flights – The New Region
  6. 29 Sept, 18:42KH security official Abu Mujahid al-Assaf threatens al-Zaidi’s government, reports say
  7. 29 Sept, 18:42US presence will vanish tomorrow, KH-owned KAF Center says
  8. 29 Sept, 19:45Kataib Hezbollah threatens to topple the government over Iranian flights – The New Arab
  9. 29 Sept, 20:46Kataib Hezbollah threatens government over flights – The New Arab
  10. 29 Sept, 21:46Nujaba condemns Iranian-flight restriction; Badr MP names Najaf governor
  11. 30 Sept, 00:43Guest Mohammed al-Yasiri rejects insulting the premier – AAH-owned Al-Ahad TV
WHAT HAPPENED

On 29 September, Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) captioned programme guest Mohammed al-Yasiri as saying, in response to a statement by Kataib Hezbollah security official Abu Mujahid al-Assaf, that the prime minister represents Iraq and the Shia and that insulting him is unacceptable. Press reporting separately attributed to al-Assaf a warning that Kataib Hezbollah would work to bring down Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s government if restrictions on Iranian flights persisted. The caption establishes the guest’s objection, not an AAH leadership response or the full content of his broadcast remarks.

WHO CARRIED IT · EVERY MESSAGE, LINKED
  1. Al-Ahad TVAAH — official30 Sept, 00:04

    “Mohammed al-Yasiri gives his view of al-Assaf’s statement: the prime minister represents the Shia and Iraq, and insulting him is unacceptable.”

    محمد الياسري يعطي رأيه ببيان العساف: رئيس الوزراء يمثل الشيعة والعراق والإساءة له مرفوضة

In posting order. Translated by the desk, published as evidence — not endorsement. A channel name opens the message where it was posted.
WATCH — WHAT WOULD MOVE THIS FILE

a fuller statement from programme guest Mohammed al-Yasiri, a response from Kataib Hezbollah, or an AAH leadership statement would distinguish a personal objection from a factional dispute; any of these moves this file.