Whatever the case the fact is Irani influence in Iraq is dwindling.
Not really. This is being repeated for years by mainstream media but never comes to bear. Same with Iranian ties to Syria, same with Iran's relationship with Lebanon. It's mostly psy-ops because they're simply incapable of reaching their goal of undermining the relationship between Iran and its partners and allies.
If iraq wants to reap economic benefit it will have to get out of Irani orbit to pursue its own game.
...and enter the western / NATO orbit like the former Afghan regime presided over by Karzais and Ghanis? We saw how that didn't help Afghanistan reap any benefits at all, including at the economic level.
It is not the first time hot headed IRGC has gone ahead and done something which is counter productive.
It would make zero sense for the IRGC to try and assassinate the Iraqi prime minister, and even less so under the current circumstances in the wake of the Iraqi parliamentary election. Not to mention how stupidly obvious it'd be to proceed with a drone, one of Iran's weapons of choice... No, this has all the hallmarks of an attempted false flag operation.
The adjective hot headed isn't exactly the most adequate to describe a carefully calculating, clear-sighted organization like the IRGC. For if they were, they'd have committed the sort of mistakes typical of Saddam's behaviour vis a vis the US regime, and the adverse impact would have been immediate. Instead, the IRGC has been standing its ground for over 42 years in the face of overwhelming zionist and western hostility, which is indicative of its level-headedness.
Even if it wasn't Iran end result is still the same. Whoever did it played a very smart move to implicate iran during a crucial point.
Yes, the rational reply to the cui bono?-question definitely doesn't point to Iran but to her enemies. And this isn't the first time they resort to this particular tactic (another instance was the killing of Lebanon's Rafic Hariri, which achieved to coerce Syria into withdrawing its forces from there, but utterly failed in sidelining and disarming Hezbollah).
Furthermore it's been several years now that the US regime and its minions have been trying to increase the pressure on Iran-friendly currents in Iraq, in particular with the western-backed and PGCC-funded "social movements" (protests) targeting Iranian interests. Complete with the usual snipers killing demonstrators to inflame the people, as well as assassinations of activists. Generally speaking, instrumentalization of protests is a well established CIA / MI6 / Mossad formula, be it at the occasion of the 1989 Timisoara morgue hoax or recent riots in Iran. But again, when it comes to the Iranian-led axis, results have been disappointing for those who have been hatching these plots, to say the least.
Coming days even Religious leaders will been seen moving away from pro iran narrative bcz at the end of day its a game of interests.
Nothing groundbreaking is to be expected in this area. The Resistance and PMU will probably counter-attack in the information realm and present elements implicating the US regime and its regional and local clients in this affair. Much like Hezbollah did with success in the context of the Hariri affair, via its very listened to Al-Manar media arm.
By the way, Muqtada al-Sadr is the same person who called for mass protests against US military presence in reaction to the assassination general Soleimani at the hands of the Trump regime - protests which literally dwarfed the anti-Iranian ones we've been witnessing in recent years. Iran can live with an administration controlled by Sadr (whose life Iran saved in the early period of the illegal US occupation when Washington was seeking to eliminate him), despite the fact that he has issues with the pro-Iranian factions. But I'm not too sure that Sadr will be good news for America and its local clients, actually.
At the end i would like to say that Historically Iraq Iran relations have always been tense.
Iran-Iraq relations historically have been close and cordial. Saddam's rule represented an interlude.
, since that is usually the only defence Zionists have against their critics. Or may be you will post some positive comments on random threads to try to hide your agenda!
