Iran's Activities and Influence in Iraq

Abstract

Iran is materially assisting major Shiite Muslim political factions in Iraq, most of which have longstanding ideological, political, and religious ties to Tehran, and their armed militias. In late 2007, the Administration noted a decrease in Iranian weapons shipments, but there is debate in the Administration over whether this was driven by U.S. policy toward Iran, including interdiction as well as bilateral diplomacy on Iraq stabilization, or an Iranian re-evaluation of its own strategy in Iraq. This report will be updated. See CRS Report RL32048, Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 24, 2008
Accession Number
ADA476653

Entities

People

  • Kenneth Katzman

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Counter IED
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Commerce
  • Diplomacy
  • Explosively Formed Penetrators
  • Explosives
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Iran Iraq War
  • Iraqi-War
  • Military Operations
  • National Politics
  • Security
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.