Hadi al-Amri, head of the Badr Organization, a pro-government Shiite party with close ties to Iran, said the latest draft was still unacceptable and warned that the positions and interests of the two sides are so far apart that any kind of agreement is “impossible.”
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has been meeting with Iranian leaders in Tehran this week, and Iran’s supreme leader voiced strong opposition to the US-Iraqi security pact.
The Iranians fear the deal would solidify US influence in Iraq and give US forces a launching pad for military action against them. Al-Maliki tried to ease Tehran’s concerns, assuring the Iranians that a deal would pose no threat to their security.
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