{"id":213306,"date":"2020-01-04T17:06:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T17:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=213306"},"modified":"2023-01-22T07:52:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T06:52:14","slug":"u-s-designated-iran-backed-militia-terror-group-in-iraq-as-a-foreign-terrorist-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/u-s-designated-iran-backed-militia-terror-group-in-iraq-as-a-foreign-terrorist-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Designated Iran-Backed Militia Terror Group in Iraq as a Foreign Terrorist Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Aas\u2019ib Ahl al-Haq is an Iran-backed organization that has claimed responsibility for more than 6,000 attacks against U.S. and other forces in Iraq.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AAH_is_an_Iran-backed_organization_that_has_claimed_responsibility_for_more_than_6000_attacks_against_US_and_other_forces_since_the_groups_creation_in_2006_according_to_the_State_Department.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Designated Iran-Backed Militia Terror Group in Iraq as a Foreign Terrorist Organization \" width=\"1000\" height=\"496\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aas\u2019ib Ahl al-Haq is an Iran-backed organization that has claimed responsibility for more than 6,000 attacks against U.S. and other forces in Iraq.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The United States State Department <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/translations.state.gov\/2020\/01\/03\/state-department-terrorist-designations-of-asaib-ahl-al-haq-and-its-leaders-qays-and-laith-al-khazali\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">designated\u00a0<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/translations.state.gov\/2020\/01\/03\/state-department-terrorist-designations-of-asaib-ahl-al-haq-and-its-leaders-qays-and-laith-al-khazali\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aas\u2019ib<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/translations.state.gov\/2020\/01\/03\/state-department-terrorist-designations-of-asaib-ahl-al-haq-and-its-leaders-qays-and-laith-al-khazali\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Ahl al-Haq<\/a>, also known as AAH, one of the Iranian regime\u2019s proxy groups in Iraq, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO)\u00a0on Friday. The U.S. Secretary also\u00a0declared,\u00a0his department has designated the AAH\u2019s leaders, brothers Qays and Laith al-Khazali, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAAH and its leaders are violent proxies of the Islamic Republic of Iran,\u201d\u00a0Secretary Pompeo continued, \u201cActing on behalf of their masters in Tehran, they use violence and terror to further the Iranian regime\u2019s efforts to undermine Iraqi sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The State Department also confirmed, a\u00a0long-time revelation by\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/alternative\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a>, of the Iranian regime\u2019s funding of terrorist groups in Iraq saying, \u201cAAH is extensively funded and trained by Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, an entity that was part of the IRGC designation as an FTO in April 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAAH, led by Qays and Laith al-Khazali, is an Iran-backed, militant organization that has claimed responsibility for more than 6,000 attacks against U.S. and Coalitions forces since its creation in 2006. AAH has carried out highly sophisticated operations, including mortar attacks on an American base, the downing of a British helicopter, and an attack on the Karbala Provincial Headquarters that resulted in the capture and murder of five American soldiers,\u201d read the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s designations follow an action taken by the U.S. Department of the Treasury on December 6, 2019, to designate Qays and Laith al-Khazali pursuant to E.O. 13818 for their involvement in serious human rights abuses in Iraq, including approving the use of lethal force against protesters for the purpose of public intimidation,\u201d added the statement.<\/p>\n<p>According to the State Department, \u201cAAH, led by Qays and Laith al-Khazali, is an Iran-backed, militant organization that has claimed responsibility for more than 6,000 attacks against U.S. and Coalitions forces since its creation in 2006.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This designation follows the U.S. strike targeting\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/president-elect\/27162-maryam-rajavi-elimination-of-qassem-soleimani-and-head-of-iraq-s-suppressive-bassij-force-is-irreparable-blow-to-mullahs-regime\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Qasem Soleimani<\/a>, commander of the IRGC terrorist\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/26763-quds-force-s-arm-in-iraq-holy-shrines-reconstruction-headquarters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quds Force<\/a>, along with\u00a0Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the head of Iraq&#8217;s suppressive Bassij was killed by the US military strike in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>In an\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.org\/en\/9-uncategorised\/24313-how-the-iranian-regime-is-using-its-proxy-groups-and-how-the-us-can-tackle-them?highlight=WyJhc2FpYiJd\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article<\/a>\u00a0published on February 08, 2018, the NCRI wrote, \u201cThe Iranian Regime has a network of foreign proxy groups\u00a0all across\u00a0the Middle East, from large formal organizations like Hezbollah to small splinter groups like Asaib Ahl al-Haq. This means that Iranian influence is spreading further than ever before and is doing so in increasingly diverse ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> Regime Is Using Its Proxy Groups and How the Us Can Tackle Them<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> Regime has a network of foreign proxy groups all across the Middle East, from large formal organizations like Hezbollah 2 small splinter groups like Asaib Ahl al-Haq. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6qayTIN7zB\">https:\/\/t.co\/6qayTIN7zB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/34ReIIDVvU\">pic.twitter.com\/34ReIIDVvU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/961536836836511746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States State Department designated&nbsp;Aas&rsquo;ib&nbsp;Ahl al-Haq, also known as AAH, one of the Iranian regime&rsquo;s proxy groups in Iraq, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO)&nbsp;on Friday. 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