IRGC official urged Iraq militias to continue hitting US, report
The IRGC intelligence chief's visit to Iraq last week followed one by top commander Ismail Ghaani.
The intelligence chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) encouraged local militia leaders during a recent meeting in Iraq to increase their small-scale attacks against US positions in the country, Reuters reported today.
IRGC intel chief Hossein Taeb visited pro-Iran militias in Iraq and Syria last week after the US conducted airstrikes late last month against two sites used by the fighters, killing four members.
Militias launched a series of attacks against sites used by US forces in both Iraq and Syria surrounding Taeb’s visit, according to Reuters, which cited three militia sources and two Iraqi security sources familiar with the meeting.
Taeb reportedly encouraged militia officials to continue striking US forces in retaliation for the US airstrikes, but he urged them not to spark a major escalation.
