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Shafaq News- Baghdad<\/p>\n
Calls for a \u201cmonopoly of arms by the state\u201d are pressure on
\nresistance groups and the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Harakat al-Nujaba,
\nan Iran-aligned Iraqi armed faction, said on Friday, reiterating its rejection
\nof such proposals.<\/p>\n
During a ceremony in Najaf, Sheikh Nazem al-Saadi noted that any
\ndiscussion on regulating weapons in Iraq should apply a single standard across
\nall actors without exception, stressing that selective enforcement would deepen
\nexisting tensions.<\/p>\n
Warning that pressure to limit arms could extend beyond non-state groups
\nand eventually reach Iraq\u2019s official security institutions, he raised concerns
\nover the political role of the PMF, underlining that the core issue is not in its
\nexistence or weaponry, but the prospect of integration into
\npolitical quota systems in a way that could reshape its institutional role.<\/p>\n
The statement comes two days after Akram al-Kaabi, the faction\u2019s Earlier this week, Iraqi security officials outlined the first practical The move is part of a broader government drive to consolidate weapons Both Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Kataib Imam Ali have previously introduced
\nSecretary-General, dismissed<\/a> the disarmament process, distancing the group from
\na broader initiative under which several armed factions have begun steps toward
\ntransferring weapons and integrating members into state institutions.<\/p>\n
\nsteps toward integrating armed factions into the state’s security framework,
\nbeginning with the transfer<\/a> of facilities and weapons belonging to Saraya
\nal-Salam of Iraq\u2019s Patriotic Shiite Movement (PSM).<\/p>\n
\nunder state authority, backed by the ruling Shiite Coordination Framework (CF),
\nwhich recently endorsed Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s plans to restructure
\nrelations between armed groups and the state.<\/p>\n
\nmeasures<\/a> aimed at reorganizing their forces and aligning them with the
\ngovernment’s weapons-control initiative. Kataib Hezbollah<\/a> and Ashab al-Kahf,
\nhowever, have rejected any calls for disengagement.<\/p>\n