Abdullatif Riyan, press advisor of US Forces in Iraq, in an interview with Asharq al-Awsat, printed in London, said: The special groups in Iraq have relations with the terrorist Qods Force and the IRGC and enjoy their financial and training support. These groups are trained for one month in Iran’s different regions and then are transferred to Iraq in order to intimidate the people by carrying out explosion, murder and abduction of individuals.

Abdullatif Riyan added: The Coalition Forces have been able to detain a number of members of these armed groups among them the Iranian regime’s elements