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Will Iran Intervene in Iraq?

“The border patrol has increased its vigilance on the Iran-Iraq border,” said Iran’s Police Chief, Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam. “The country’s Supreme National Security Council would consider intervening to protect Shia shrines and cities.”

Ahmadi-Moghaddam has been the only high-ranking Iranian official to comment on the advances made by the Sunni extremist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). According to IranWire sources, Iranian officials have been ordered to remain quiet about the events in neighboring Iraq and ISIS victories. “Iranian officials have been told not to comment, or else,” said a wary former high-ranking Iranian diplomat to IranWire.

According to the former diplomat Iranian plans in Iraq are summarized in the wisdom of one man, “We all know that Haj Ghassem is hard at work trying to control the situation,” referring to Ghassem Suleimani, the legendary commander of the Quds Force, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Extraterritorial Force, and perhaps the closest person to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “Our forces will do whatever it takes to protect the border, and the holy shrines from this bunch of thugs. And ISIS are nothing, but a group of hooligans. They know what can happen if Iran gets involved in the situation, and that is why they are in such a hurry to carry out their dirty acts.”

Iran’s designs in Iraq, and the rest of the Middle East, have been looked at with a degree of cynicism and fear. Many Arab diplomats regard Persian Iranians as untrustworthy neighbors who secretly ally themselves with anyone to protect their interests.

Last week a member of Syrian opposition accused Iran of secretly helping ISIS. According to Abdul Halim Khaddam, the former vice president to Syria’s Bashar Assad, Iran is arming ISIS in order to undermine the Syrian opposition. By strengthening ISIS, Khaddam claimed, Iran was seeking to draw Syrian public sentiment back toward Assad, recasting the battle as Bashar’s battle against extremist onslaught.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif categorically denied this accusation. He said Iran has been battling Salafi extremists and Al-Qaeda itself for years, and would never stoop to such measures.

Iran has a troubled history with Sunni extremists in its neighborhood. In August 1998 the Afghan Taliban stormed Mazar-e-Sharif, which was then a base for the Northern Alliance, and enacted a massacre of Persian-speaking and Shia Hazaras. The Taliban also attacked Iran’s consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif, killing nine Iranian citizens, eight of them diplomats. Iran’s Supreme National Security Council weighed how to react and most supported military action to destroy the Taliban, deciding to deploy 100,000 troops along the border with Afghanistan.

Hassan Rouhani, the current Iranian president, at the time was the secretary of the Iran’s Security Council. He opposed military intervention in Afghanistan, but with the majority vote for intervention Iran was just one step away from war. According to former diplomat Hossein Mousavian, who wrote of the episode in his recent memoir, it was only the veto of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei that prevented military action.

For many years now Iran has also been engaged in a fight against Sunni Kurdish separatists known as Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK). Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are responsible for both the struggle against PJAK for fighting the Baluchi terrorist group Jeish al-Adl in the southeastern border area with Pakistan.

Iranian media was abuzz throughout Wednesday, with reports anxious that the fall of Mosul will lead the conflict eventually to the Iran-Iraq border.

Some Iranian religious activists have called for the government to send volunteers to protect Iraq’s Shia shrines, an argument that has been used in recent times to justify the military’s support to the Assad regime in Syria.

Though ISIS’s advance across Iraq is deeply alarming for Iran, unless the extremists reach the Shia cities of Najaf and Karbala, the prospect of Tehran intervening remains remote. Marzieh Afkham, the spokeswoman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said today that the Iraqi Army is well prepared to restrain ISIS.

For Iran, any real spread of tensions to the border would be catastrophic. Already embroiled on the ground in Syria’s civil war as an ally to Bashar Assad, the potential for conflagration and growing bogged down on multiple fronts would be deadly for Tehran, which is at a delicate juncture in its nuclear negotiations and is suffering from international sanctions that have roiled its economy.

The Al-Qaeda affiliated ISIS considers Shias heretics who deserve to be killed, and is taking forth its campaign to liberate Iraq from what it sees as Shia domination; the group has said it will destroy Shia shrines along the way, stoking fears in Tehran of an attack on Shia Islam’s holiest sites, Najaf and Karbala.

Social media sites have quoted Suleimani, saying if ISIS destroys the holy shrines, it will face Iran’s ire. Asked what the manifestation of that rage will be, the former Iranian diplomat, laughed a nervously. “They [ISIS] know that we’re not kidding around, so we shouldn’t worry about them doing anything stupid. And if they’re foolish enough to even approach the shrines, they have to be prepared for anything.” The diplomat paused. “Battles, attacks, raids, massacre. All the options will be on the table.”
 
Yes they will, it's not over shrines though. Iran spent billions on Iraq and they wouldn't want it all to go to waste. Arabs/Sunni's will gain a lot if they completely capture Iraq.

I predict by tomorrow Iran would have already intervened. Once they get close to Baghdad, if they aren't already intervening now.

Can they be effective? I don't know.

Will Saudi Arabia intervene? Maybe if it becomes prolonged Saudi Arabia may find the need to support Sunni's against the central government.
 
Already Quds force is operating in Iraq since 10 years nothing new

Yes they will, it's not over shrines though. Iran spent billions on Iraq and they wouldn't want it all to go to waste. Arabs/Sunni's will gain a lot if they completely capture Iraq.

I predict by tomorrow Iran would have already intervened. Once they get close to Baghdad, if they aren't already intervening now.

Can they be effective? I don't know.

Will Saudi Arabia intervene? Maybe if it becomes prolonged Saudi Arabia may find the need to support Sunni's against the central government.

Quds force is already operating in Iraq along with iranian trained militias such as jaysh al mahdi and a3sab ahl el haq .

Saudi Arabia should not be supporting anyway after all is a strugle between talbanized muslims and shias , not our war.
 
Already Quds force is operating in Iraq since 10 years nothing new



Quds force is already operating in Iraq along with iranian trained militias such as jaysh al mahdi and a3sab ahl el haq .

Saudi Arabia should not be supporting anyway after all is a strugle between talbanized muslims and shias , not our war.

I know they support such militias. I doubt Saudi Arabia would be supporting them at this moment, only if it becomes a prolonged conflict.

What do you mean by 'our'? You're Saudi Arabian? Don't think so.

Iraq is important to Arab Sunni's and the Middle East is going to catch fire.
 
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I know they support such militias. I doubt Saudi Arabia would be supporting them at this moment, only if it becomes a prolonged conflict.

What do you mean by 'our'? You're Saudi Arabian? Don't think so.

Iraq is important to Arab Sunni's and the Middle East is going to catch fire.

I mean our alliance Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Uae and Egypt , we have all decided to resist political islam whether sunni or shia inside our countries and cut any form of support given to them in other countries .

Sunnis are small minority in Iraq only 15% after subtracting the kurds who have their own way away from other sunnis in the region .

Most of our foreign financial support will be directed to Egypt so they can effectively develop their economy and after all 85% of sunnis outside the arabian peninsula live in Egypt and they tend to have good ties with us unlike the arrogant levant sunnis who hate gulf people with deep passion , no one will forget what sunni iraqis did to kuwait .

The other problem today majority of sunnis in levant have been talbanized which is even worse than being a shia extremist.
 
I mean our alliance Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Uae and Egypt , we have all decided to resist political islam whether sunni or shia inside our countries and cut any form of support given to them in other countries .

Egypt and Saudi Arabia will remain as they are for the moment. The UAE to me is irrelevant in all of this. It's not about politics anymore, this is real situation which will be absorbed by the whole Middle East without the need of spillovers.

Sunnis are small minority in Iraq only 15% after subtracting the kurds who have their own way away from other sunnis in the region .

Are you Sunni?

Most of our foreign financial support will be directed to Egypt so they can effectively develop their economy

Egypt's economy is going down the drain irregardless of how much financial support they get. They need trillions to get it back on track.

and after all 85% of sunnis outside the arabian peninsula live in Egypt and they tend to have good ties with us unlike the arrogant levant sunnis who hate gulf people with deep passion , no one will forget what sunni iraqis did to kuwait .

Levant Sunni's don't appreciate you because you go against their interests for the most part. Which I never understood. Saudi Arabia is an exception.

The other problem today majority of sunnis in levant have been talbanized which is even worse than being a shia extremist.

Eh..no.

Taliban has nothing to do with this. Becoming more religious doesn't equate to being 'talbanized'. They are proper Muslims in the Levant.
 
Egypt and Saudi Arabia will remain as they are for the moment. The UAE to me is irrelevant in all of this. It's not about politics anymore, this is real situation which will be absorbed by the whole Middle East without the need of spillovers.



Are you Sunni?

Sunni is a term made up by extremists like yourself to divide countries based on sectarian line , go to Egypt and tell people in the country side are you sunnis and they will have no idea what your talking about

Egypt's economy is going down the drain irregardless of how much financial support they get. They need trillions to get it back on track.

Actually there economy has been improving since 2012 its only the Tourism sector that was significantly hit thanks to your brothers in Gaza yet again it will continue improving .

UAE alone will invest 40 billion dollars in Egypt and Saudi Arabia king announced that he will call for an international conference to carryout a marshal like plan aiming to invest in various sectors in the Egyptian economy.

A strategic decision have been taken by UAE , Saudi Arabia and Kuwait we will invest over 100 billion dollars in Egypt over the next 8 years in various projects that Sissi announced he plans to implement in Egypt most importantly the Suez canal Zone and Egypt Halayeb traingle in addition to 8 new ports and 10 international airports Egypt plant to build in that period .


Levant Sunni's don't appreciate you because you go against their interests for the most part. Which I never understood. Saudi Arabia is an exception.

Yet around 1 million of them are working in both kuwait and UAE , I guess its time to kick them out , only Egyptians and dignified Jordanians are worth respect out of all sunnis outside arabian peninsula in middle east .


Eh..no.

Taliban has nothing to do with this. Becoming more religious doesn't equate to being 'talbanized'. They are proper Muslims in the Levant.

Saudis are far more religious than any levant arab could ever be and there country applies 100% sharia law if that the case . The only problem with you guys is arrogance and self-denial which put you in this hard situation your in today . You all supported Iran and Hezbollah at our expense before and look how they are killing you today in cold blood .

You will learn your lesson the hard way but at the hands of Iran and Shia militias .

By being Talbanized I mean those extremist sunnis who want to enforce the so called khilafa on Nationalist Arabs and rule their country by force under the name of islam .

This is the difference between us and you , we care more about our own nation states while you guys are loyal to the fake ideology made up by MB called Islamism .

Both Iranians and Turks are making a fool out of you clowns , you will never a conservative Iranian or Turk allying himself with a forgien shia or sunni at the expense of his own countrymen .

Egypt and Saudi Arabia will remain as they are for the moment. The UAE to me is irrelevant in all of this. It's not about politics anymore, this is real situation which will be absorbed by the whole Middle East without the need of spillovers.
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Spillovers only affect sectarian failed states like Lebanon , Syria and Iraq but not the gulf , they tried playing this game in bahrain and it was dealt with swiftly .

Anyway you will listen soon about a joint armed force between Egypt , Saudi Arabia and UAE to deal with any spillovers from your side and Libya .

By your side I meant levant "iraq and syria " , Gaza has already been sealed off from Egypt
 
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Sunni is a term made up by extremists like yourself to divide countries based on sectarian line , go to Egypt and tell people in the country side are you sunnis and they will have no idea what your talking about

I don't use the term 'Sunni', I only use the term Muslims. A true Muslims is recognized.

Actually there economy has been improving since 2012 its only the Tourism sector that was significantly hit thanks to your brothers in Gaza yet again it will continue improving .

Their economy is horrible and will continue deteriorating. Gaza had nothing to do with their economic crisis.

UAE alone will invest 40 billion dollars in Egypt and Saudi Arabia king announced that he will call for an international conference to carryout a marshal like plan aiming to invest in various sectors in the Egyptian economy.

Still no where near enough.

A strategic decision have been taken by UAE , Saudi Arabia and Kuwait we will invest over 100 billion dollars in Egypt over the next 8 years in various projects that Sissi announced he plans to implement in Egypt most importantly the Suez canal Zone and Egypt Halayeb traingle in addition to 8 new ports and 10 international airports Egypt plant to build in that period .

All will go to waste, corruption will make sure a good portion goes to military leaders.



Yet around 1 million of them are working in both kuwait and UAE , I guess its time to kick them out , only Egyptians and dignified Jordanians are worth respect out of all sunnis outside arabian peninsula in middle east .

Okay.

Saudis are far more religious than any levant arab could ever be and there country applies 100% sharia law if that the case . The only problem with you guys is arrogance and self-denial which put you in this hard situation your in today . You all supported Iran and Hezbollah at our expense before and look how they are killing you today in cold blood .

Muslims aren't divided on issues in the Levant. It's only your Gulf governments which favor positions the people don't support.

You will learn your lesson the hard way but at the hands of Iran and Shia militias .

Lesson of?

By being Talbanized I mean those extremist sunnis who want to enforce the so called khilafa on Nationalist Arabs and rule their country by force under the name of islam .

You don't understand the situation.

This is the difference between us and you , we care more about our own nation states while you guys are loyal to the fake ideology made up by MB called Islamism .

Muslims don't care about any specific ideology. They care about Islam and the victory of Islam.

Both Iranians and Turks are making a fool out of you clowns , you will never a conservative Iranian or Turk allying himself with a forgien shia or sunni at the expense of his own countrymen .

Obviiously you're a Khwarij pyscho lunatic, I'm not wasting my time with a hater like you.
 
I mean our alliance Jordan , Saudi Arabia , Uae and Egypt , we have all decided to resist political islam whether sunni or shia inside our countries and cut any form of support given to them in other countries .

Sunnis are small minority in Iraq only 15% after subtracting the kurds who have their own way away from other sunnis in the region .

Most of our foreign financial support will be directed to Egypt so they can effectively develop their economy and after all 85% of sunnis outside the arabian peninsula live in Egypt and they tend to have good ties with us unlike the arrogant levant sunnis who hate gulf people with deep passion , no one will forget what sunni iraqis did to kuwait .

The other problem today majority of sunnis in levant have been talbanized which is even worse than being a shia extremist.
Where did you pull this figure out from?
 
I don't use the term 'Sunni', I only use the term Muslims. A true Muslims is recognized.



Their economy is horrible and will continue deteriorating. Gaza had nothing to do with their economic crisis.



Still no where near enough.



All will go to waste, corruption will make sure a good portion goes to military leaders.


This is what you wish would happen , like every gazan extremist who hates Egyptians nothing new in that , but again they will succeed and move ahead why you will remain locked in your hell-hole in Gaza.



Okay.


Muslims aren't divided on issues in the Levant. It's only your Gulf governments which favor positions the people don't support.

What muslims specify ? you are all killing each other in the levant Sunni Vs Shia then Sunni Vs Sunni then Kurdish Sunnis vs Arab Syrians Vs Alawite/Shias syrians .

I have lost track of who is fighting who from the countless wars various groups are waging against each other in the levant .


Lesson of?


1) Barrel Bombs on your cities and towns in Levant
2) Chemical weapons and now chlorine gas on your heads in levant
3) Assad's Ballistic missiles and Hezbollah rocket arsenal now showering your towns and cities in Levant.
4) Last but not least 4000 palestinians civilians killed in yarmouk camp

Yet after all what they have done to you and other levant arabs you have the nerves to come out here and bitch on us . It seems to me that in Levant they only respect those who step on their neck , perhaps that is why you respect Assad and before that the criminal saddam hussein .




You don't understand the situation.

The main problem here is political islam , all the conflicts in syria and iraq is because of it . If people in those countries were loyal to their country first before sect then non of this mess would have happened in the first place. They had the same problem in Europe for centuries until people started believing in nationhood and Statehood , they still lack this in the levant after all these were fake countries created by the west . Perhaps if these countries were divided based on sectarian and ethnic lines back after ww1 we would have witnessed less problems at-least today .


Muslims don't care about any specific ideology. They care about Islam and the victory of Islam.


Obviiously you're a Khwarij pyscho lunatic, I'm not wasting my time with a hater like you.

I am simply telling you the truth that your escaping from , things are not simple as you think
 
This is what you wish would happen , like every gazan extremist who hates Egyptians nothing new in that , but again they will succeed and move ahead why you will remain locked in your hell-hole in Gaza.

Egyptians and Palestinians are much closer to each other than people who live on island far away.


Yet after all what they have done to you and other levant arabs you have the nerves to come out here and bitch on us .

What? What's your problem? I don't care about your meaningless assertions and thoughts.



The main problem here is political islam , all the conflicts in syria and iraq is because of it .

Go create a thread about that and make a case. Support it with factual evidence. Making an assertion is just that. I'm not going to carry on with you.
 
This is what you wish would happen , like every gazan extremist who hates Egyptians nothing new in that , but again they will succeed and move ahead why you will remain locked in your hell-hole in Gaza.



Okay.










1) Barrel Bombs on your cities and towns in Levant
2) Chemical weapons and now chlorine gas on your heads in levant
3) Assad's Ballistic missiles and Hezbollah rocket arsenal now showering your towns and cities in Levant.
4) Last but not least 4000 palestinians civilians killed in yarmouk camp

Yet after all what they have done to you and other levant arabs you have the nerves to come out here and bitch on us . It seems to me that in Levant they only respect those who step on their neck , perhaps that is why you respect Assad and before that the criminal saddam hussein .






The main problem here is political islam , all the conflicts in syria and iraq is because of it . If people in those countries were loyal to their country first before sect then non of this mess would have happened in the first place. They had the same problem in Europe for centuries until people started believing in nationhood and Statehood , they still lack this in the levant after all these were fake countries created by the west . Perhaps if these countries were divided based on sectarian and ethnic lines back after ww1 we would have witnessed less problems at-least today .


Muslims don't care about any specific ideology. They care about Islam and the victory of Islam.




I am simply telling you the truth that your escaping from , things are not simple as you think
@Aeronaut @Manticore False flag troll. Please shut him down!

The rest of the sane members: do not reply to him.
 

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