Hundreds of leaked Iranian intelligence cables reveal Iran’s massive influence in Iraq - New York Times and Intercept reports
A poster of Iraq Parliament Speaker Mohammed al Halbousi and Iran President Hassan Rouhani hangs on a building near Tahrir Square during ongoing protests in Baghdad, Iraq. November 6, 2019.
Iraq has close but complicated ties with both Iran, its large eastern neighbour, and the US, which opposes Tehran's influence in the region. Amid Iraq's largest and deadliest protests in decades, Soleimani has chaired meetings in Baghdad and Najaf in recent weeks to persuade political parties to close rank around Iraqi premier Adil Abdul Mahdi, sources have told AFP.In one of the Iranian leaks, Abdul Mahdi is described as having had a "special relationship" with Tehran when he was Iraq's oil minister in 2014.
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