Iraqi PM meets Iranian leadership, praises Hamas a day after meeting Antony Blinken

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met with Iranian leadership in a show of support for Hamas a day after meeting Secretary of State Antony Blinken, according to multiple reports.

Blinken traveled to Baghdad on Sunday to express his concern to al-Sudani about increased attacks by Iranian-backed militia groups against US troops stationed in Iraq. seconds to the Department of State. Al-Sudani met the Iranian leadership a day later in Tehran to praise Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attacks and denounce Israel’s counteroffensive. seconds to a press release from the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Al-Sudani met with Khamenei in Tehran on Monday to jointly condemn Israel’s counteroffensive in the Gaza Strip, according to a press release from Khamenei’s office. During their meeting, al-Sudani described the October 7 attacks by Hamas as a “heroic operation.” “Despite this joy [referring to the Hamas Oct. 7 attacks]we are all deeply devastated by the brutal massacre in Gaza, which is a collective revenge against the people of this small region,” al-Sudani said.

Al-Sudani also met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and criticized the US for supporting Israel’s “crimes against humanity and genocide”. seconds to a press release from Raisi’s office. Both agreed that a wider regional conflict could only be avoided if Israel halted its counter-offensive.

“Those who want scope [of] Lest this crisis spread throughout the region, it must pressure the Zionist regime to stop this organized aggression and murder,” al-Sudani said on Monday.

During his visit to Blinken a day earlier, al-Sudani “made it very clear” that he condemns attacks by Iranian-backed militias against US troops stationed in Iraq. seconds to a press release from the US Embassy in Georgia. There has been 47 attacks against US targets in the Middle East, including Syria and Iraq, since Hamas launched its attacks against Israel on 7 October.

“I had a good, productive and sincere meeting with Prime Minister al-Sudani,” Blinken told reporters on Sunday. “It was very important to send a very clear message to anyone who wanted to take advantage of the conflict in Gaza to threaten our personnel here or anywhere else in the region: don’t do it.”

The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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