The Iran Update aims to inform national security policy by providing timely, relevant, and independent open-source analysis of developments pertaining to Iran and its Axis of Resistance. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani appointed six individuals to senior Iraqi security service positions between July 5 and July 7. Iran instructed the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force (IRGC QF) to achieve total hegemony in Deir ez Zor Province, Syria in May 2023. [xii] Iraq’s National Security Service (INSS) and the Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) are intelligence organizations responsible for topics including counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, and counter-narcotics. [xxviii] The reports that Iran had provided drones to Russia similarly strained efforts in late 2022 to revive nuclear negotiations between Iran and the West.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 08, 2023 01:23 UTC