The Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq, affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in a statement called Iraq Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani “reckless and irresponsible” for putting pressure on armed groups, and warned that it would soon take reciprocal action based on the principle of “an eye for an eye,” emphasizing that “our patience is nearing its end.”

In the statement, the Hezbollah Brigades announced their conditions for negotiations on disarmament: the complete withdrawal of American forces from Iraq, the withdrawal of Turkish forces from northern Iraq, and the dissolution of the Peshmerga forces.