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Iran welcomes US troop withdrawal from Iraq, calls for exit from Middle East
Updated On: 01 October, 2026 02:14 PM IST | Tehran | AFP
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards welcomed the US-led coalition’s withdrawal from Iraq, calling it a historic victory and urging American forces to leave the Middle East. Iraq says the exit removes a justification for armed factions to retain weapons outside state control
A member of the Iraqi security forces walks past a banner in the colours of the Iraqi flag in Baghdad. PIC/AFP
Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Thursday welcomed the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq as a "historic victory" and called for American troops to leave the Middle East.
The Revolutionary Guards "congratulate the proud nation of Iraq, the united front of the Islamic Resistance, and the revolutionary fighters of the Islamic world on this historic victory," the guards said in a statement carried by their official media.
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