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If, at the first stage, the Americans fully and unconditionally withdraw from Iraq and maintain no armed presence in the country, it will naturally have a positive impact on the resistance groups. In that case, they are likely to support the initiative in order to preserve the unity of the Iraqi state and ensure the country's collective security through Iraq's army and security forces.
Given the Islamic Republic of Iran's support for resistance groups in Iraq, how do you assess Iran's role in this equation?
The Islamic Republic of Iran has supported the resistance groups in Iraq primarily to rid the country of US occupying forces and to enable the Iraqi government to exercise full authority and sovereignty over Iraq's security.
Iran's support for these groups has never been intended as opposition to successive Iraqi governments during the occupation. On the contrary, it has been aimed at assisting them. Iraqi governments have consistently thanked the Islamic Republic of Iran for supporting the Iraqi people.
Therefore, Iran's support is fundamentally support for both the Iraqi people and the Iraqi government, as well as for strengthening the Iraqi state's sovereignty over its own territory.
Accordingly, if disarmament is pursued with that objective and in that spirit, the Islamic Republic of Iran would certainly support it and could well assist the Iraqi government in achieving that goal.