Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani condemns US attack on Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq

Condemning the American attack on the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq, Ayatollah Nouri-‎Hamadani emphasized that Iraqis don’t allow foreigners to interfere in their country’s affairs.‎

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Date: 01 January 2020 - 08:17

RNA – Speaking at the beginning of his lesson in Islamic jurisprudence at Qom’s Grand ‎Mosque of Qom on December 31, Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Nouri-Hamadani condemned the ‎attack by the United States on the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq and prayed for the ‎martyrs of this attack to be forgiving and be given a lofty status. ‎

The revered source of emulation considered the Iraqi people as a people of culture and ‎independence who will not allow anyone to interfere in their affairs and have always ‎protected and will continue to protect their dignity and independence.‎
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He described the Popular Mobilization Forces as a popular force in Iraq and condemned the ‎criminal act of the United States which has always been an arrogant power which interferes ‎in the affairs other countries. ‎

On Sunday December 29th, American forces conducted drone strikes on a number of Iraq’s ‎Popular Mobilization Forces bases in the western al-Anbar province, killing at least 25 ‎individuals and leaving another 51 injured. ‎

Following the strikes, the Pentagon issued a statement saying that it had targeted three ‎locations of the Popular Mobilization Forces forces in Iraq and two in Syria in response to ‎alleged attacks targeting American forces.‎

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