Iran’s man in Yemen is a high-ranking IRGC officer
Iran’s man in Yemen is a high-ranking IRGC officer
A new phase in Iranian activity after the assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani: Iran steps up to control northern Yemen with the close supervision of its new “ambassador,” who specializes in the manufacture and launching of ballistic and anti-aircraft missiles.
By Yoni Ben Menachem
Iranian “ambassador” Hassan Irlu eulogizes his former colleague, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, at a memorial service in Sanaa on Jan. 2, 2021. Source: Islamic Republic News Agency.
(January 14, 2021 / JCPA) The American and Israeli alerts against the possibility of retaliatory attacks by Iran and its offshoots over the assassination of Qassem Soleimani continue, and the Iranians are pleased with U.S. President Donald Trump’s imbroglio after the attack on the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. One cannot rule out the possibility that the Iranians believe Trump is weakened and his power
The outgoing US administration
blacklisted a second senior leader in Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in the space of a week. The PMF is an umbrella group composed mainly of Iran-backed Shiite militias and the move is intended to increase pressure on Iran’s proxies in the country.
On Wednesday, the US State Department listed
Abd Al Aziz Malluh Mirjirash, the PMF chief of staff and Iran-allied militia leader, as a “specially designated global terrorist” for his role in undermining security in Iraq. Mirjirash goes by two nom de guerres, Abu Fadak and sometimes, Al Khal, or “the uncle”. He is also known by his tribal name Al Muhammadawi.
US sanctions Iraqi militia leader over rights abuses
The US Treasury Department said in a statement it was blacklisting Falih al-Fayyadh, chairman of the Iraqi Hashed al-Shaabi or Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF).
Saturday 09/01/2021
Falah al-Fayadh, Iraqi national security adviser and chief of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces), gives a press conference at the organisation’s command headquarters in the southern city of Basra on March 7, 2018. (AFP)
WASHINGTON The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an Iraqi militia leader and former national security adviser, connecting him to human rights abuses during the 2019 anti-government demonstrations in which hundreds of protesters were killed.
By Reuters Staff
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an Iraqi militia leader and former national security adviser, connecting him to human rights abuses during the 2019 anti-government demonstrations in which hundreds of protesters were killed.
The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement it was blacklisting Falih al-Fayyadh, chairman of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Committee (PMC).
The Treasury accused him of being part of a crisis cell formed in late 2019 to suppress protests with the support of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, which is blacklisted by the United States.
US blacklists Iraqi militia leader in connection with deadly anti-government protests
This November 15, 2011 file photo shows the US Treasury Building in Washington, DC on November 21, 2011 [KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images] January 8, 2021 at 7:36 pm
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an Iraqi militia leader and former national security adviser, connecting him to human rights abuses during the 2019 anti-government demonstrations in which hundreds of protesters were killed,
Reuters reports.
The US Treasury Department said in a statement it was blacklisting Falih al-Fayyadh, chairman of the Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Committee (PMC).
The Treasury accused him of being part of a crisis cell formed in late 2019 to suppress protests with the support of Iran s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, which is blacklisted by the United States.