Al-Sadr is working to consolidate Iran's influence on Iraq
Iran has exploit the vacuum left by the US withdrawal to bolster links with Iraq’s Shiite-led government.
Iran has strong ties with the Iraqi cleric and al-Sadr has added strength to the Iranian influence in Iraq
Leaders of Sheikh Sadr's faction said that scrapping the government was the only way to steer Iraq out of the crisis, which has put Mr Maliki, a Shiite, at odds with leaders representing the Sunni minority.
The conflict in Iraq has exploded since the US troop withdrawal.
This development is a victory for Iran to destabilize Iraq and another setback for the United States.
The Iranian regime of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is working to maintain its influence over Iraq's Shiite factions.
The Iranian regime has become stronger and more emboldened to engage in Iraq and Syria.
Shiite clerics in Iraq are receiving significant monetary support and direction from Iran.
The cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is on record pledging to his followers a plan to impose Islamic rule over Iraq.
The Tehran ayatollahs, or the Pasadran, the powerful revolutionary guard, repeatedly have been telling the Iraqis they would be their legitimate allies and partners.
The coalition that liberated Iraq is seen by the Iraqi Shiite militants and their Iranian sponsors as a tool for handing Iraq over to them without the need to use a massive force of their own.
Iran has clear objectives in Iraq. The US left Iraq in the hands of Iran, and Iraq has become dominated by Iran.
Sahit Muja
President and CEO
Albanian Minerals
New York
