On 24 September, شفق نيوز reported that Kataib Hezbollah called on Iraqis to buy Iranian products, encourage trade with Iran and avoid activities that deepen Iranians’ hardship in response to what the group called a US siege. It also reported that the group asked Shiite religious authorities for a ruling on whether helping to besiege and starve Iranians is permissible. The report establishes the attributed appeal, not that purchases or trade have followed it.
- شفق نيوز24 Sept, 19:43
“The faction urged Iraqis to “break this siege by every possible means” by buying Iranian products, encouraging trade with Iran and refusing activity that deepens Iranians’ hardship; it asked religious authorities whether helping the enemy “besiege and starve the Iranian people” is permissible.”
a published response from a religious authority, a KH-organized purchasing initiative, or documented changes to trade arrangements by 1 October would move this file; any of these moves this file.