Atheel Al-Nujaifi: Political change in Iraq is coming and Iranian influence will decline for two reasons
Atheel Al-Nujaifi: Political change in Iraq is coming and Iranian influence will decline for two reasons
2025-01-06 03:14
Shafaq News/ The leader of the “United” party, Atheel al-Nujaifi, confirmed today, Monday, that political change in Iraq is “inevitably coming”, while he expected the decline of Iranian influence in Iraq for two reasons.
Al-Nujaifi said, in a post on his personal page, followed by Shafaq News Agency, that “political change in Iraq is inevitably coming,” indicating that “this change may be driven by regional and international variables, and not only by weak internal political performance.”
Al-Nujaifi added, “The parliamentary elections have become the only basis for gaining legitimacy and authority in Iraq despite the criticism directed at the political process,” noting that “Iranian influence in Iraq may decline for two main reasons: the first is the failure of the forces associated with the Iranian project to provide what attracts the support of the masses, and the second is the existence of a new international will in the region.”
Al-Nujaifi pointed out that “the parties that were subjected to pressure from the Iranian project may find in the regional changes an opportunity to restore hope for change,” adding that “the next electoral cycle may be the beginning of these transformations.”
Al-Nujaifi concluded his speech by saying, “Any attempt by supporters of Iranian influence to confront this change may face a strict international will,” expressing his doubts about “the ability of those forces to challenge this international will.”
Last Saturday, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani expressed his rejection of anyone who tries to link the political situation in Syria with Iraq, while stressing that there is “no room to discuss changing the political system in the country.”
It is noteworthy that the American website “Media Line” said, earlier last month, that there are estimates that a “regime change” and collapse will occur in Iraq, with the return of US President-elect Donald Trump to power, and in light of another factor represented by the Israeli war, the impact of which extended beyond Gaza.
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