Assessments show that Iraq’s central government has had a very good performance, General Firouzabadi said, highlighting the “serious” achievements of Haider al-Abadi’s administration in securing the country’s sovereignty and independence against enemies.
The Iranian commander, however, warned against certain “mischievous acts” in Iraq, and urged the Iraqi people to be vigilant.
“The decent people of Iraq including Sunnis and Shiites should be careful," he underlined, adding that the emergence of some deficiencies in the country is fabricated and that calls for street demonstrations by particular groups, often non-Muslims, are part of the ill-intentioned moves.
He also referred to the explosion of Iran-Iraq power transmission lines and other acts of sabotage, saying that such measures are all aimed at portraying the Iraqi central government as incompetent.
Every successful revolution has faced such troubles, he stressed, adding, “The revolutionary nation of Iraq should exercise self-restraint and assist the central government on its way to gain more achievements and overcome the enemies.”
Since June 10, 2014, Iraq has witnessed a fresh wave of violence after militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group took control of large swathes of the war-stricken country.