In an interview with Al-Jazeera TV, Dr. Abdullah al-Jabouri, chairman of the National Front for Diyala Salvation, blamed militias as operative for murdering Diyala people and said they have been trained by the Iranian regime.

Responding to a question about terrorism in Diyala province, he said: you know that terrorism in Diyala is different from other provinces; those groups are militia forces and organized groups who had received special trainings from the Iranian regime in order to create turmoil and murder the patriots and well-wisher people in the province