Tasnim Irans Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi shrugged off recent remarks by some US officials against the Islamic Republic and said Washington is leveling accusations against Tehran to cover up its recent massacre of the Iraqis. The US accusations against our country are aimed at diverting public attention away from the anger ...

IRNA The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) in a statement on Monday strongly condemned the US attack on Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) claiming lives of scores of people. The air attack of the US' terrorists on the PMF bases that led to killing and injuring a number of people could be regarded as the violation of the national sovereignty,...

Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has accused Israel of being behind attacks on Iranian-backed militia positions in Iraq, the first time Baghdad has directly blamed Israel, Al Jazeera television reported on Monday. Investigations into the targeting of some Popular Mobilisation Forces positions indicate that Israel carried it out, Al ...

Iranian Diplomacy - Recently, some news are published in the media about suspicious activities of the Zionist regime in Iraq. Apparently, the Zionists are preparing some plans against the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) (al-Hashd al-Shaabi). In this regard, a security analyst who has close relations with Iraqi intelligence services, Fazil Abu ...

IRNA Head of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh said on Saturday that the presence of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Iran is merely meant to help the Iranian government in flood-hit areas. The senior lawmaker reiterated that the PMF's presence in Iran is in line with the country's rules ...

President.ir - President of the Islamic Republic of Iran stated that today, the Iranian and Iraqi governments are determined to develop all-inclusive relations between the two countries, and stressed that all authorities should work in this regard. Speaking in a meeting with Advisor of the National Security Council and Chairman of the Popular Mobilization ...

MNA The Iraqi paramilitary Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) cast the blame for the recent attack on a pilgrim bus south of the central Iraqi city of Balad on the ISIL terror group. On Sunday, the bus, which was carrying pilgrims to a Shia mausoleum in Balad, struck a roadside bomb south of the city. It was initially reported that some of the pilgrims ...

IRNA Deputy Commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis appreciated Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah for their role in defeating Daesh terrorists. Al-Muhandis made the remarks Monday in a statement which was released on the occasion of the anniversary of victory against Daesh. The supports of Iran and the Lebanese ...

IRNA Due to security reasons, Iraq Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) downed 15 drones over Karbala on Saturday night. Al-Abbas Brigades, which is part of PMF, in a statement warned all users of drones including reporters in Karbala to prevent using the UAVs during Arbaeen rituals. The radio jamming systems installed in most of the areas surrounding ...

IRNA An explosion happened in an arsenal belonging to Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in north of Karbala on Monday. Fire in a PMF base caused the explosion in the arsenal, according to local sources. No report has yet received on the main reason behind accident. Every year, due to the extreme heat in summer there are various fires in commercial,...

MNA Iraqi officials say that US-led fighter jets carried out airstrikes against Popular Mobilizations Forces just across the border with Syria, killing at least 20 PMF troops and wounding dozens more. Iraqi MP Ferdos Awadi said in an interview with Sumeria TV on Monday that the US-led coalition had carried out attacks on Popular Mobilizations ...

Alwaght - Iraqs mid-May parliamentary election marked a new page in the countrys socio-political developments. The very noticeable hallmarks of the new period are four. First, after four years of fierce battles, the Iraqis managed to defeat the historys largest terror organization, ISIS, and reclaim the whole of their territories seized since 2014....

Alwaght- Even a cursory glance at the Iraq developments after rise of ISIS terrorist group in the country leads to the notion that the voluntary forces, organized under the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), have played an outstanding role in both fighting ISIS terrorist and curbing the Kurdish secessionism in north of the country. It was, in fact,...

Alwaght - What is now formally identified as the Popular Mobilization Forces, or locally Hashd al-Shaabi, in Iraq is a force founded three years ago with the aim of combating the then-advancing ISIS terrorist group. The PMF, with its over 100,000 fighters, was a voluntary force upon its initiation and meant to act as an ideological force along ...

Alwaght- Recently, there have been speculations on possible deployment of Iraq's Public Mobilization Forces (PMF) to Syria to fight against terrorists in the neighboring country. The issue has raised the hackles of the White House officials. Because if the Syrian government officially call on Iraq to send the PMF, also known as Hashd al-Shaabi, to ...

Alwaght- Iraqs Public Mobilization Forces (PMF) take their genuine legitimacy from the fatwa issued by top Iraqi Shia cleric Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Sistani. The fatwa makes people religiously obliged to help the army and other parts of armed forces to protect the holy places and confront the terrorism that is hitting the country. The Iraqi Prime ...

Alwaght- The vicious political and military attacks against Iraqs Public Mobilization Forces (PMF) from different angles have failed to prevent the popular forces from continuing the operation to recapture the city of Fallujah, one of major strongholds of ISIS terror group west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Hadi al-Amiri, the chief of Badr Organization ...

Alwaght- If ever words were truly spoken, then surely children say them best. One Iraqi school girl has written a letter to the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in which she expressed her sincere appreciation for their efforts in fighting terrorism. The letter goes as follows: Dear Popular Mobilization [Forces], I, Zahraa Ghazwan Mozafar, have ...

Alwaght- The US military has not learned its lessons from its previous failures at war so this time instead of rebuilding an entire army it is planning to create a National Guard in Iraq to fight the ISIS expansion bid.At first, this may seem like a strategy aimed at reinforcing the Iraqi military in the face of ISIS terrorists who have wrought mayhem ...