{"id":263820,"date":"2026-08-25T10:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T10:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/263820\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T10:15:08","slug":"shafaq-news-scoop-cf-presses-al-zaidi-on-pmf-arrests-before-khamenei-envoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/263820\/","title":{"rendered":"Shafaq News..Scoop: CF presses Al-Zaidi on PMF arrests before Khamenei envoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-08-25T09:41:01+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Baghdad<\/p>\n<p>Iraq\u2019s Coordination Framework (CF)<br \/>\nurged Prime Minister Ali Falih Al-Zaidi to prevent a repeat of security<br \/>\noperations targeting senior figures in the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF)<br \/>\nduring a meeting partly attended by Mohsen Qomi, the new representative of<br \/>\nIran\u2019s Supreme Leader, an informed source told Shafaq News on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting, held yesterday evening<br \/>\nat the home of Islamic Supreme Council head Humam Hamoudi, brought together<br \/>\nAl-Zaidi and senior figures from the CF, the alliance of Shiite parties that<br \/>\nhas run Iraq since 2022, with recent PMF detentions at the center of<br \/>\ndiscussions on the country\u2019s security situation.<\/p>\n<p>A PMF commander and three other<br \/>\nmembers were <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Security\/PMF-commander-transferred-to-force-s-custody-after-detention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">detained<\/a> and transferred to the force\u2019s security directorate on<br \/>\nMonday. Muhannad Al-Uqabi, spokesperson for the PMF \u2014an umbrella organization<br \/>\nof predominantly Shiite armed groups backed by Iran and formally incorporated<br \/>\ninto Iraq\u2019s state security apparatus in 2016\u2014 said a \u201cmisunderstanding\u201d<br \/>\nsurrounding the detention had been resolved. The reasons for the detentions<br \/>\nwere not immediately available.<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, CF figures<br \/>\nexpressed dissatisfaction with the manner in which some PMF leaders had been<br \/>\ndetained and urged Al-Zaidi to prevent similar operations that could be<br \/>\nperceived as \u201cprovocative.\u201d They argued that detaining a wanted PMF member did<br \/>\nnot require military force and that authorities could instead issue a formal<br \/>\nsummons requiring the individual to appear before the judiciary or another<br \/>\nrelevant authority.<\/p>\n<p>Qomi attended only part of the<br \/>\nmeeting, with the source saying his presence was intended to introduce him in<br \/>\nhis new official capacity to Iraqi government, religious, and political<br \/>\nfigures. The Iranian official reportedly informed CF figures that Hamoudi would<br \/>\nserve as a \u201cliaison\u201d between Iran and Iraq before leaving shortly afterward<br \/>\nwithout taking part in all of the discussions.<\/p>\n<p>Difficult security conditions in<br \/>\nIran in recent months, the source added, had delayed Qomi\u2019s visit to Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Report\/Al-Zaidi-at-100-days-Iraq-s-toughest-tests-still-ahead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more: Al-Zaidi at 100 days: Iraq&#8217;s toughest tests still ahead<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-08-25T09:41:01+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad Iraq\u2019s Coordination Framework (CF) urged Prime Minister&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[14136,34,94,72563,72562,72561],"class_list":["post-263820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-cf","tag-iran","tag-iraq","tag-mohsen-qomi","tag-pmf-arrests","tag-scoop-cf-presses-al-zaidi-on-pmf-arrests-before-khamenei-envoy"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117155628669571513","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}