Without pillars or an engineer… Removing the American veto clauses brings the Popular Mobilization Forces closer to restructuring and retirement.
Without pillars or an engineer… Removing the American veto clauses brings the Popular Mobilization Forces closer to restructuring and retirement.
2026-08-30
Shafaq News – Baghdad
An informed source revealed on Sunday that the draft laws on the structure of the Popular Mobilization Forces and on service and retirement will soon be referred to the Iraqi Parliament, after the removal of a number of controversial clauses that were subject to an American veto.
According to the source, who spoke to Shafaq News Agency, there is an American veto on some clauses of the Popular Mobilization Forces laws, and therefore the two drafts will be referred in their final form to the House of Representatives, in preparation for starting the procedures for legislating them according to the approved official procedures.
He explained that the draft law on service and retirement does not include the controversial paragraphs that were the subject of the American objection, while two paragraphs were removed from the draft law on the structure of the Popular Mobilization Forces, relating to the Staff College and the “Engineer Company”.
He added that “the two laws will be presented for the first and second readings leading up to the vote, without the aforementioned paragraphs, provided that their approval remains contingent on political and parliamentary agreements, given that the two laws affect a large and important segment of the employees in the Popular Mobilization Forces.”
According to the source, the public interest requires the enactment of the two laws, after reaching agreements on their articles, noting that the two amended drafts represent the near-final version presented to the House of Representatives.
The US Treasury Department had placed “Al-Muhandis Company” on the sanctions list in October 2025, on the grounds that it was linked to financing armed factions and facilitating economic activities related to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, which was met at the time with rejection and regret from the Iraqi government.
With regard to the military educational institutions affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Forces, legal or administrative objections related to the terms and conditions of nomination and acceptance, including institutions concerned with qualifying Popular Mobilization officers or admission channels to the Joint Staff College, are subject to official administrative and legal references within the organization.
Last week, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi stressed the need for a revolution in laws, including the Popular Mobilization Forces Law, emphasizing the importance of developing the legislative system in line with the requirements of the next stage.
shafaq.com
