Abu Mujahid al-Assaf, a security official of Iraq’s Hezbollah Brigades, said in a statement that the group will not retreat in support of the Islamic Republic and will not allow its enemies to target it on their own.

He said that the Hezbollah Brigades will remain with their allies in Yemen and Lebanon until the last breath and will not, under any pressure, lay down their weapons.

Al-Assaf added: “We consider al-Zaydi to be fully responsible for any attack on the headquarters of the Islamic resistance or some of the headquarters and Popular Mobilization Forces units, especially after parts of the security apparatus were used to collect information and transfer it to Americans. The United States also provides this information to carry out attacks in Iraq to Israel, and al-Zaydi is personally aware of this.”

He also said that “the prime minister of Iraq participates in the siege of the Islamic Republic at America’s instruction,” and criticized the Iraqi government’s cooperation with Washington.