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16 Jan 2026, 07:15

CNN reported, citing a European military source and an Iraqi security source, that Iraqi militias have entered Iran in recent weeks to assist the Islamic Republic in suppressing protests.

CNN quoted an Iraqi security source stating that about five thousand Iraqi militia forces entered Iran through the Shib crossing in the Maysan province and the Zurbatiyah border crossing in the Wasit province.

A European military source also told CNN that 800 Iraqi militia forces from the provinces of Diyala, Maysan, and Basra entered Iran under the guise of religious pilgrimage trips to help with the crackdown.
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