Iran-backed militias are reportedly considering laying their arms to avoid President Donald Trump’s rage, 10 commanders and Iraqi officials told Reuters.
With the rise in threats from Trump to Iran, commanders of groups such as Kataib Hezbollah, Nujabah, Kataib Sayed Al Shuhada and Ansalala al Aufya said Reuters The escalation of US pressure forced them to consider disarmament. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) reportedly gave the militia free rule to avoid conflict between Israel and the United States.
Some groups also reportedly evacuated headquarters in cities like Mosul and Amber, according to a Reuters report on Monday.
“Trump is ready to take our war with us to a worse level. We know that, and we want to avoid such a bad scenario,” the commander of Kataib Hezbollah, the most powerful Shiite militia, who has been given anonymity to discuss sensitive speeches with other leaders, told Reuters.
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Iran’s walk past the anti-Aus mural on the side of a building in Tehran, April 5, 2025
Two Iraqi security officials also told Reuters that Iranian Prime Minister Mohamed Shea al-Sudani had pushed Iraqi Islamic resistance militias to disarm. The group includes around 50,000 powerful Shia Muslim militias.
Militias have allegedly blamed for dozens of attacks on Israeli and US forces, Reuters said.
The US military deployed around Iran in the wake of a strike against the rebels by Hooty. A handful B-2 stealth bomber and naval strikes to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean group Leading by USS Harry S. Truman Aircraft Carrier. US Central Command (CENTCOM) is working Around it A clock for hitting the key footy position.
The Houthi attack is heavily costly international transport, spending nearly $1 million more fuel on commercial vessels, adding about two weeks of transport time around Africa. Additionally, Houthis has attacked and counted US naval vessels about 170 times.
Dedicated service members of the Harry S. Truman Career Strike Group are at the station.#houthisareterrorists pic.twitter.com/37k8ktc1qb
– US Central Command (@centcom) April 5, 2025
Trump made it Clear Iran is responsible for attacks from the Hooti rebels on commercial and military vessels, saying that if the attack continues, “the outcome is disastrous.”
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