{"id":327439,"date":"2025-01-07T15:24:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T14:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=327439"},"modified":"2025-01-07T15:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T14:24:59","slug":"iran-news-state-media-warns-iraq-may-be-irans-last-stronghold-after-losing-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-state-media-warns-iraq-may-be-irans-last-stronghold-after-losing-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News: State Media Warns Iraq May Be Iran\u2019s Last Stronghold After Losing Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_327440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-327440\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-327440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iran-backed-iraqi-militias.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-327440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE PHOTO: Iranian regime-backed Iraqi proxy militants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a telling article titled &#8220;Iraq, Iran\u2019s Last Stronghold,&#8221; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hammihanonline.ir\/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-6\/30844-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A2%D8%AE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">published by <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ham Mihan<\/span><\/i><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on January 5, 2025, the clerical regime\u2019s media acknowledges the dire consequences of recent regional shifts for Tehran. The fall of Bashar al-Assad\u2019s government in Syria has left Iran scrambling to maintain its dwindling influence, with Iraq emerging as its final bastion in the region.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The article outlines a cascade of setbacks for Tehran, starting with the liberation of Syria, which the author claims has bolstered Turkey\u2019s confidence while relegating Tehran to a defensive posture. \u201cIran has suffered a defeat and is naturally worried, adopting a defensive stance,\u201d the piece admits, highlighting the regime\u2019s acute vulnerability.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The article expresses alarm over the potential rise of a Sunni-led government in Syria, which could \u201cdestabilize Iraq\u201d\u2014a nation critical to Iran\u2019s regional strategy. Such a scenario, it warns, would place Sunni Arabs on both sides of the Syria-Iraq border. Tehran\u2019s anxiety is palpable: \u201cIf Sunnis in these regions regain power, the balance of power in Iraq will shift against Iran-backed Shias,\u201d the article states.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A brief overview on how the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRGCterrorists?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRGCterrorists<\/a> Quds Force rearranged the group perceived as the &quot;Iraqi branch of Al-Qaeda&quot; into the &quot;Islamic State of Iraq&quot; and then to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ISIS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ISIS<\/a>, helped cracking down on Iraqi and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Syrian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Syrian<\/a> uprisings and paved the way to create the PMF. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GwacqJhFPH\">pic.twitter.com\/GwacqJhFPH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1748104225979285955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The article concedes that the Iranian regime\u2019s influence is at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/report-irans-clerical-dictatorship-edged-closer-to-regime-change-in-2024\/\">an all-time low<\/a>. Syria, once a cornerstone of Iran\u2019s \u201cResistance Axis,\u201d is now lost, and Hezbollah, Tehran\u2019s powerful proxy, has been significantly weakened. \u201cThe fragile situation in Syria might spill over into Iraq, jeopardizing Iran\u2019s entire national security strategy built over the last four decades,\u201d it laments.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The article also warns of the evolving dynamics between Turkey and the United States, which could further isolate Iran. \u201cFor the first time, Turkey may collaborate with the U.S.\u2014Iran\u2019s arch-enemy\u2014to act directly against Tehran\u2019s regional interests,\u201d it notes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Highlighting the regime\u2019s internal crises, the article admits that Iran\u2019s economic condition is dire, social capital is eroding, and the state-society relationship is severely strained. This domestic fragility compounds Tehran\u2019s inability to respond effectively to external threats. \u201cIn the current circumstances, Iraq remains Iran\u2019s last stronghold in the region,\u201d the piece concludes, underscoring the high stakes for the clerical regime.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News in Brief<br \/>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRGCterrorists?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRGCterrorists<\/a> Chief Yahya Rahim-Safavi: &quot;From Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen&#8230; you see what the Yemenis are doing. We have no choice but to extend the depth of our national defense and security. Our strategic defense depth lies in the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lIZOkCoYcj\">pic.twitter.com\/lIZOkCoYcj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1766436927949902014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The clerical regime of Iran is now banking on tighter security cooperation with Iraq to counter perceived threats from Syria and beyond. However, as the article cautiously notes, this strategy rests on the assumption that Iraqi Shias can hold the line\u2014a precarious bet given Tehran\u2019s waning influence and mounting opposition.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The candid acknowledgment of these challenges by Iranian state media reflects a regime deeply aware of its vulnerabilities. As Tehran struggles to navigate the geopolitical fallout from Syria\u2019s liberation, its desperation underscores the weakening grip of the clerical regime in a rapidly changing Middle East.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a telling article titled &ldquo;Iraq, Iran&rsquo;s Last Stronghold,&rdquo; published by Ham Mihan on January 5, 2025, the clerical regime&rsquo;s media acknowledges the dire consequences of recent regional shifts for [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[287],"class_list":{"0":"post-327439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-terrorism-a-fundamentalism","7":"tag-iran-terrorism"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran News: State Media Warns Iraq May Be Iran\u2019s Last Stronghold After Losing Syria - 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