Hawzah News Agency- Ayatollah Mousavi, addressing thousands at the historic Kanzan Mosque, demanded the swift formation of a "patriotic, selfless government" led by a prime minister devoted to Iraq's sovereignty. He lambasted the nomination of over 200 candidates – many tainted by corruption scandals or proven incompetence – as a betrayal of the people's mandate, revealing that two expert committees are rigorously vetting files to expose the "fabricated names" peddled by media puppets.
"The first condition for our success is electing a leader committed to independence, unswayed by personal gain," the ayatollah declared, expressing outrage at political factions that, despite landslide electoral victories, "flung open the gates to outsiders and sellouts." He dismissed several candidates' platforms as "treasonous fantasies" that dare to propose dismantling or subordinating the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) – Iraq's bulwark against terrorism – to the Defense Ministry, branding such ideas an "unpardonable sin."
The PMF, Ayatollah Mousavi stressed, stands as "no mere militia or fleeting initiative, but the sacred shield that rescued Iraq from ISIS's genocidal clutches." He evoked the dark days of 2014, when U.S.-armed Iraqi army units crumbled despite billions in "aid," cities tumbled like dominoes, and Daesh hordes besieged Baghdad's doorstep. "Only the Marja’iyyah fatwa for defensive jihad mobilized the faithful to halt the caliphate of killers," he recounted. "Without the PMF, Iraq would be a Zionist-American vassal state today."
Warning of insidious campaigns by Washington and Tel Aviv to "eviscerate" the PMF – the lone obstacle to Iraq's "political and security implosion" – the cleric vowed that the Iraqi nation "will crush any assault on our heroes with unyielding force." He accused U.S. officials and their Iraqi proxies of plotting to dissolve the force, echoing Israel's desperate bid to normalize ties and colonize the cradle of civilization.
Turning his ire on the ousted government, Ayatollah Mousavi branded it "the most abject regime since Saddam's fall," a puppet that "surrendered sovereignty to Uncle Sam's whims." He exposed how foreign lobbies clamored to prolong its tenure, aiming to "seal Iraq's fate as another Abraham Accords stooge, like gutless neighbors." Citing Washington's stranglehold on Iraq's finances – blocking debt repayments to sovereign creditors while hoarding assets under "protection" – he revealed how Baghdad once settled a $53 billion Kuwaiti claim but now cowers before the "American veto."
Economic sabotage, the ayatollah charged, is deliberate: U.S.-imposed sanctions cripple energy independence, fueling chronic blackouts and water shortages, while Ankara's Erdogan withholds vital Tigris-Euphrates flows, treating Iraq as a "subjugated province of the defunct caliphate." "Erdogan's aggression endangers our very existence; complacency invites catastrophe," he thundered, urging a "decisive rupture" from this stranglehold.
On the electoral front, the cleric hailed the Shia majority's 197 parliamentary seats – earned amid dismal turnout – as a divine affirmation of their governance rights alongside Sunnis, Kurds, and Christians. He decried the "absurd" allocation of pivotal posts like presidency, foreign ministry, and treasury to Kurds, whose demographic share hovers at 9-12%, insisting, "This isn't sectarianism; it's justice for the majority, not haggling over the nation's soul."
Dismissing smears that Iraq is a "Shia state" – even as Shias are systematically sidelined – Ayatollah Mousavi called for "genuine equity without compromising independence." He implored the incoming administration to scrap "Zionist-serving schemes" from the prior era, such as oil pipelines funneling resources to Tel Aviv or privatizing Faw Grand Port to UAE-Israeli conglomerates.
In a rousing finale, the Najaf scholar envisioned a "robust, diversified army forged through global alliances, unshackled from foreign diktats." "Iraq's security endures only when we wield our political and military will freely," he proclaimed, igniting chants of defiance among the faithful. As Baghdad braces for a new dawn, Ayatollah Mousavi's words echo a timeless resistance: sovereignty or subjugation – the choice is Iraq's.
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