Ismail Qaani, commander of Iran’s Quds Force, visited Baghdad recently and urged allied militias not to carry out attacks against U.S. and Israeli targets, Iran International, a Saudi-funded opposition media outlet, reported on Sunday. The message was also relayed to Yemen’s Houthis via Iraqi intermediaries, the report said.
In December, Iraqi lawmaker Yasser Watut confirmed that pro-Iranian militias in Iraq had paused operations against Israel.