Iran is ramping up threats to US in Iraq – opinion

Iran and its proxies are increasing their systematic and coordinated verbal threats against the US in Iraq. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has said that any “small mistake” by Washington would be met with force. It came as reports emerged that the IRGC Quds Force head Esmail Ghaani had traveled to Iraq. In Iraq, the Iranian-backed proxy groups Kataib Hezbollah and others have upped their rhetoric against the US in the last days. It appears many groups in Iraq are now concerned about reports in western media that the US had planned an attack on Iranian-backed proxies. This has fed a media cycle or war of words where there is a kind of feedback loop. The pro-Iranian...