Terrorism
Iranian regime's proxies fuel humanitarian crisis across the Middle East
Since the Iranian regime came to power in 1979, its violent proxies have contributed to widespread suffering and displacement across the region.
![Kataib Hizbullah elements attend the funeral of a member of the so-called 'Islamic Resistance in Iraq,' on November 21, 2023. [Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP]](/gc3/images/2024/11/26/48274-kataib-hizbullah-iraq-370_237.webp)
By Fariba Raad |
The Islamic Republic's support for violent proxies in the decades since the revolution of 1979 brought the current regime to power has created a destabilizing force across the region, experts said.
This has contributed to widespread suffering and displacement.
In Iraq, Iran-backed militias such as Kataib Hizbullah are among the most powerful factions in the so-called "axis of resistance," a regional network of Iran-aligned militias.
'Axis' militias have carried out numerous attacks from Iraqi soil, violating Iraq's sovereignty and putting it at risk of being dragged into a regional war.
Similarly, the Iranian regime's unwavering financial and military support for Lebanese Hizbullah has solidified the party's influence over Lebanon's political and economic landscape.
This has contributed to the collapse of Lebanon’s economy, which plunged its citizens into a humanitarian crisis, and has turned the country into a battlefield.
In Syria, the Iranian regime has been instrumental in propping up the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad, through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force (IRGC-QF) and various affiliated militias.
This has only deepened the humanitarian crisis in Syria, where 7.5 million children urgently need humanitarian aid, and nearly 90% of households are living in extreme poverty.
In Yemen, the Iran-backed Houthis have repeatedly attacked commercial ships in the Red Sea using drones and missiles, disrupting vital shipments of food, medicine, and other essential goods.
These attacks have exacerbated the country's already dire situation, leaving its famine-stricken population without access to basic necessities.
Weapon of influence
The Iranian regime's policy of supporting proxy groups is a deliberate weapon of influence, said defense and security journalist, researcher, historian and author Babak Taqvaii, who is based in Europe.
"Supporting terrorism has been the Iranian regime’s weapon in the Middle East and North Africa, but also in Europe and the United States," he told Pishtaz.
King’s College London Middle Eastern Studies professor Andreas Krieg highlighted the broader impact of the Iranian regime's strategy.
"The regional order was dysfunctional anyway and has further collapsed in the last couple of decades," he said.
The Iranian regime is "exploiting vulnerabilities in nations across the Arab world to inject itself into the militant part of uprisings, revolutions and armed resistance movements," he added.
Krieg pointed to Hizbullah's role in creating a human catastrophe in the region.
"Hizbullah is ideologically an extension of the Islamic Republic," he said. "The Iranians are providing the 'axis of resistance' with the support they want that no one else has been giving them."
Iran’s support for Hizbullah has significantly shaped the party’s activities and influence in Lebanon and beyond, Krieg said.
Quite the opposite.
Go read history and deepen your understanding.
Where can I find the history written by Massoud Rajavi to raise my consciousness like yours?
The cause of all the misfortunes in the region is America and Britain, who want to colonize the people of the region and plunder their resources. Except for the time of Dr. Mosaddegh, who was overthrown by a coup d'état by America and Britain, which caused the deaths of hundreds of people in Iran, Iran's proxy force was still active in the region. The problems in the region were formed when America and Britain created their proxy force, Israel, and took peace from the region and displaced the Palestinian people. As long as Israel exists in the region, the region will not be peaceful. Justice must be served to the rightful owner.
Shame on you
Death to criminal Israel - Death to America - Death to Erdogan
The cause of the region's insecurity and misery is the evil presence of the usurping Zionist regime, not the resistance groups; the resistance groups are the pride of the region.
According to experts, with the Islamic Republic's support for honorable and faithful proxy groups, a zealous and faithful force has emerged throughout the region over the decades since the current regime's victory in the 1979 revolution. Hail to resistance and hail to its founder, and curse be upon the hypocrite, Zionist, and infiltrator.
Shut up
There is no doubt about the irresponsibility and insignificance of the UN. Israel targets Gaza with all kinds of legal and illegal equipment, such as one-ton bombs and white phosphorus bombs, every living thing, and a hyena like Netanyahu stands behind the word anti-Israel. What kind of creature are you that you bomb and rocket anywhere and everywhere when two Zionists are injured? Oh, the scumbag Hamas did this and that. Is Netanyahu really a human being or a Cain who killed his own brother??? You are not a human being. You are a Beast. When a Zionist soldier sits in a house or a den and waits for children to come and play in the Mediterranean Sea and shoots them with a sniper rifle and then says he enjoys it, you will all truly be in a time when there is no land or place called Israel.
Whoever wrote this article is neither Iranian nor does he believe in any religion, and if he is not stupid, he is most likely a foreigner. As long as America and its wild dog Israel are in the region, there is no peace in the whole world, let alone the Middle East. The interests of the West lie in creating conflict in the Middle East. In the first election debates, Trump disgraced Hillary and said that ISIS was created by America. Now, the war in Syria is being created by ISIS members supported by Israel and America and Turkey to achieve some goals:
1- Israel was forced to make peace after its defeats in the field, countless crimes, and its conviction in the International Court of Justice, so America and these ISIS criminals came to help Israel to give artificial respiration to Israel's lifeless body.
2- The eyes of the world's media are drawn from Israel to Syria.
3- A war of attrition will create insecurity in the countries of the resistance and around Israel.
4- They will distract Russia with the conflict in Ukraine and Syria so that its military power will be depleted and costs are incurred.
5- They suggested that Syria turn its back on the resistance, and when it did not accept, they want to put pressure on it and target the economic city of Aleppo in Syria so that the people get involved and no one is able to help the people of Palestine and Lebanon.
6- Iran's involvement in Syria will take the risk of Iran’s True Promise 3 away from Israel for a while until the Tru
Down with Netanyahu and the peace-loving Zionists!!
Overall, the author is way out of line
Anyone who considers Iran to be the cause of instability in the Middle East and the world is talking shit. Second, Iran is completely against killing and genocide. Third, countries like the United States, Britain, Germany, France, the European Union, and the allies of these criminals have no right to express an opinion or to be critical in this or any other field, and they are only talking shit.
Don't go to the judge unilaterally and with these big lies about what you have done and are doing whatever you want about the Islamic world. If only professors...sociologists, newspapers and journalists in Europe were as honest as a grain of millet, they would speak out about the injustices of their own country; as the old saying goes hide what belongs to you, and what people to others... publish it, for God will one day put you in your place, and He will do.
You, human being! Have you become a mouthpiece for Israel, a murderer? Aren't you ashamed? Don't you fear your own fate? Have you forgotten God? Now the Hague Tribunal has also realized that Israel is a criminal, and you still haven't realized it? So when will you realize it? Have mercy on yourself. By God, your world will end one day. Don't turn your back on humanity. Anyone who opposed the Islamic Republic was displaced. Don't ruin your own life. Stop supporting oppression and the oppressor, join the people, and if you have a knack for writing, write against imperialism. Write against Israel and the warmongering America, not against your own people. What else can I say?
May the Iranian traitors be punished! The betrayal of the traitors will be recorded in history.
Thank God that the Islamic Republic of Iran was able to create a great transformation in the region with the revolution and bring about an Islamic awakening. By forming and supporting resistance armies among the countries of the region, it has restrained the hands of evildoers and displaced groups such as the PJAK, the PKK, ISIS, and the like from committing oppression and tyranny. God willing, with the destruction of the bastard #Israel, peace and stability will prevail in the region.
A free Palestine and the destruction of the Zionist racists is the dream of every human being.
A free Palestine and the destruction of the Zionist racists is the dream of every human being.
The language and voice of child-killing Israel from the mouths of these columnists.
It is clear that you have a one-sided support for the oppressive government of the Zionist regime. Fear the oppressed.