{"id":27402,"date":"2021-11-10T03:46:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T03:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=27402"},"modified":"2021-11-10T03:46:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T03:46:04","slug":"irg-quds-force-commander-calls-for-unity-while-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/irg-quds-force-commander-calls-for-unity-while-in-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"IRG Quds Force Commander Calls for Unity While In Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In a surprise visit to Baghdad, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard [IRG] Quds Force Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani emphasized the necessity for unity and stability in Iraq after a recent assassination attempt against the Iraqi prime minister.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The surprise visit took place on Sunday, during which Brigadier General Ghaani met with the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, President Barham Salih, a number of Iraqi ministers, and other high-ranking political officials and dignitaries.<\/p>\n<p>In his meetings, the IRG commander said Iraq needs to boost stability and maintain national unity.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the importance of avoiding any action that would threaten Iraq&#8217;s security.<\/p>\n<p>The general also stressed the need for addressing the demands of Iraqi people and those protesting the results of the country&#8217;s recent parliamentary vote.<\/p>\n<p>He further called for the restoration of calm to Iraq after tensions in the country&#8217;s political arena due to the refusal of some political blocs to recognize the results of the October parliamentary elections and the ensuing protests that resulted in casualties.<\/p>\n<p>A drone laden with explosives allegedly targeted al-Kadhimi\u2019s residence in Baghdad\u2019s heavily-fortified Green Zone early Sunday, following which the Iraqi premier said he was unhurt while appealing for \u201ccalm and restraint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said later on Sunday that his government is well aware of the identities of the perpetrators of the attack on his residence.<\/p>\n<p>The attack came two days after clashes at the entrance of the Green Zone during protests against the results of the country&#8217;s October 10 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>The clashes reportedly led to the deaths of several people and injured scores of others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprise visit to Baghdad, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard [IRG] Quds Force Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani emphasized the necessity for unity and stability in Iraq after a recent assassination attempt against the Iraqi prime minister. The surprise visit took place on Sunday, during which Brigadier General Ghaani met with the Iraqi Prime &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":27403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news-and-analysis--"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27404,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27402\/revisions\/27404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}