Iraq is an Iranian Colony

Persian ambitions in Iraq are not new, but they do have clear historical roots. Iranian ambitions in Iraq date back to the Babylonian era, and they continued even after Islam spread to the two civilizations. This Persian state has always considered Mesopotamia to be a natural strategic extension of itself, as a result, the Safavids adopted Shiite doctrines as justification for their occupation of Iraq, the headquarters of Shiite religious authorities and sanctuaries, as well as their confrontation with the Ottoman Empire. This historical conflict has been feverish for a long time between Iraq and Iran and was interspersed with wars, treaties, interruptions and communication in the modern era, but it reached its climax with the arrival of the Iranian Islamic Revolution to power in Tehran. Modern colonialism can be defined by the fact that the occupier doesn’t need direct military forces, but instead uses agents from the people of the country being occupied and recruits them to serve the occupier’s interests and make it easier for the occupier to take the country’s resources and wealth. The parties that run the Iraqi government are linked to the Tehran regime and grew up in Iran’s care. The Shiite militias in charge of security in Iraq some of them were founded in Iran, while others were established in Iraq with Iranian assistance and support. These parties and militias could only exploit all of Iraq’s resources for the benefit of the Iranian colonizer, disregarding even the most basic rights of the oppressed Iraqi people.

Politically, it is well known that Iran have influenced Iraq’s political system through holding authority over key institutions in Baghdad. After 2003, Iran exploited the internal conflicts of the Shiite house in Iraq that it had built with its own hands. Iran wanted to make it seem like the Shiite house in Iraq was weak so that the Wali Al-Faqih would be the authority if there was a fight or disagreement to keep the ball in Iran’s field. Therefore, Iraqi leaders have begun making pilgrimages to Tehran in an effort to resolve their internal conflicts. Iraqi politics were shaped by the Wali Al-Faqih agents in Baghdad, who worked to forge alliances within the Shia house with its various components, controlling election results, supporting candidates, and forming coalitions. Consequently, that every person nominated in the current Iraqi government, beginning with the prime minister and continuing all the way down to the lowest official, can only be done so with the approval of Tehran.

Militarily, Iran has attempted to establish armed militias with the goal of destabilizing Iraq since the Iran-Iraq war, so it began forming the Badr militia, training and arming it in Iran under the supervision of the Quds Force. After 2003, these militias grew in strength and took control of various government and security authorities, as well as the border areas between Iran and Iraq. Iran was not satisfied with this and sought to form more than one militia in order to fulfill its ambitions in Iraq. It sought to form smaller and more extreme militias to implement the Iranian agenda in Iraq, such as Asa’ib Ahl Al-Haq and the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades……etc. Following the terrorist organization ISIS’s takeover of Mosul, Iran used this opportunity to establish the Popular Mobilization Militia, with the help of the Persian Sistani reference in Najaf, to re-launch its military presence in Iraq under the guise of fighting terrorism. Whereas most of the militias united under the leadership of the Quds Force, which provided weapons and planning to these militias. One of these militias’ most important tasks is to protect Iranian interests in and around Iraq. The Popular Mobilization Forces are estimated to number between 90 and 120 thousand fighters. Today, Iran is building its military bases in Iraq with or without the knowledge of the Baghdad government. These bases are meant to be permanent. Perhaps the best example of this presence is Jurf Sakhar, which is an Iranian military base that houses hundreds of Iranian Revolutionary Guards advisers, as well as long-range missile bases and military factories. Aside from Jurf al-Sakhar, there is an Iranian military presence near the Iraqi-Saudi border in the Al-Nukhib area. According to reports, Al-Nukhib area has become a massive Iranian military base run by pro-Iran militias, with hundreds of Iranian advisors and long-range missile bases.

Economically, The anticipated overall trade volume between Iran and Iraq for 2013 and 2014 amounted to $12 billion, making Iran the country with the greatest economic influence in Iraq. Most of the goods in southern Iraq are of Iranian origin, as Tehran relied on Iraq as a main market for its various products in various economic, industrial, agricultural, investment, religious tourism, and commercial sectors. The scope of religious tourism has also expanded in an unprecedented way between Iraq and Iran, with some estimates putting it at 3000 official visitors per day, not counting the numbers who enter illegally. Iran’s non-oil exports to Iraq totaled $1.8 billion in 2007, $2.3 billion in 2008, $6.2 billion in 2012-2013, and have expanded every year since 2007. This is in addition to Iran’s control of the Baghdad, Najaf, Karbala, and Samarra real estate markets through the purchase of numerous properties, particularly near religious shrines, in order to control religious tourism in Iraq. This is in addition to turning Iraq into a major conduit for the smuggling of hard currency “dollars” to Iran via a “currency auction” and delivery to Iranian bank accounts, in an organized effort to break the economic blockade and US sanctions on Iran. There is no doubt that the Persian clergy possesses the religious reference (religious authority), and anyone attempting to take this position (other than a Persian) will face a bloody death. For more than 200 years, religious leaders of Persian descent have dominated Shiite society in Iraq. Today, the religious references in Iraq are dominated by Ali Al-Sistani, Al-Shirazi, and Al-Hakim, all of whom are of Iranian origin. Other Arab references who were raised and studied in Najaf are marginalized or have less influence than those involved in Iranian politics. Iran is generally trying to make sure that the clergy who were raised in the Islamic Seminary of Qom have more power than the clergy who were raised in the politically inactive Islamic Seminary of Najaf.

Demographically, Iran is actively attempting to implement the philosophy of sectarian displacement in Iraq through its militias. Demographically, Iran is attempting to adopt the philosophy of sectarian displacement through its militias, with the militias relying on “constitutional legitimization” under the Article 140 grievance concerning the disputed areas. Iran and its militias are working to complete a plan for Iraq’s growing sectarian demographic change. After 2003, the Iraqi government attempted to alter the environs of Baghdad by unleashing the Ministry of Interior and its affiliated militia (Badr Brigades) and launching campaigns of killing, torturing, and mutilating corpses in these areas; the matter was no longer concealed following the discovery of secret prisons and death squads. This is in addition to the ongoing ethnic and sectarian displacement caused by the Popular Mobilization and Peshmerga forces in the Sunni regions of Iraq.

An analysis of the current Iranian influence in Iraq shows that Tehran has won the war against Iraq, whether through its powerful political and military sway over the Iraqi government, which includes some of Tehran’s closest allies, or through its influence over the country’s economy, media, and religion. The reality is that nothing from the Iraq of yesterday can be seen in the current Iraq. As though Iraq had been joined to the Iranian map and was no longer an Arab nation. The international community’s recognition of the Iranian occupation is the first and most important step toward liberating Iraq from Iranian occupation. The international community must work with Iraqi national organizations to end Iranian control over the Iraqi state’s armed forces and free Iraq from the tusks of the Safavid Persians.

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