Not a year had passed since Hariri’s government got a vote of confidence from the parliament when he made his resignation speech in which he blamed Iran's "meddling" in the country and its powerful Lebanese ally, the Hezbollah movement for his decision, adding that he feared an assassination attempt.
s soon as the powerful earthquake hit the Iraq-Iran border late on Sunday, Turkey announced its support to both Iraq and Iran, where most of the causalities took place.
What is the impact of the regional conjuncture in all these changes?
The Iraqi Central Government’s capture of Kirkuk and other disputed territories together with Hashd al-Shaabi consolidated Iran’s influence in Iraq.
Hariri cited Iranian meddling in Lebanese internal affairs as reason for his resignation, which drew a strong reaction from Iran and Lebanese pro-Iran militia group, Hezbollah.
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In terms of relations between Iraq and Iran, al-Abadi called for stepped-up cooperation between the two, “with a view to serving our people and ending the interventions that have led to destruction and widespread displacement.
Prime Minister Yildirim also mentioned the Turkish government’s willingness to work “more efficiently” with Iran and Iraq for peace, security and counter-terrorism operations in the region.
It was known that the PUK was improving relations with Baghdad and Iran while criticizing the Erbil administration for monopolizing the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) revenues, administration and justice system.
As a guarantor state within the Astana Talks, which Russia and Iran are also a party to, and as part of the mission to establish “de-escalation zones,” the main force of Turkish troops have entered Syria’s Idlib.
Head of PUOIC, Orhan Atalay, also an MP for AK Party, said that the decision was made during the executive committee meeting of the parliamentary body in Tehran, Iran on Saturday.
Iran opposes the division of Iraq, which is already under its zone of influence, is against establishing new relations with northern Iraq and is against the newly formed state becoming an operations center for Israel.
In addition to the central Iraqi administration, Turkey, Iran and the US have openly opposed the referendum, calling for the territorial integrity of Iraq.