Al-Sharqia TV on Jan. 16 reported that the commander of US forces and the MNFI in Iraq, General David Petraeus said Iranian regime is still training militants and militias despite its pledge to cut support for the insurgency.
General David Petraeus said certainly Iranian training of militants continued to pose a serious threat to Iraq’s stability. He added “we do know that training (of Iraqi militants in Iran) has continued.”
“It is at an important scale, because these are individuals with considerable skill who can train other individuals in Iraq,” he said.