Al-Monitor’s correspondent in Iraq interviewed former Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi at his family residence within the Green Zone in the capital Baghdad. There, he holds meetings of the Victory Alliance and hosts guests. Abadi discussed many topics including his relationship with the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), the government of his successor Adil Abdul Mahdi, the possibility of Iraq mediating between Washington and Tehran and Israel's targeting of the PMU. Abadi warned against damaging carefully balanced ties between the Iraqi federal government and Iraq’s Kurdistan region because of power conflicts. He also commented on the PMU accusing him of serving the intersts of the United States.
Al-Monitor: Do you have any plans to return to the prime minister's office now that there is growing opposition against Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi?
