Assured by the mainstream media coverage declaring Democratic candidate Joe Biden winner of the U.S. presidential race, Iran-backed terrorist groups in Iraq feel emboldened.
The prospect of President Donald Trump leaving the White House, as portrayed by the U.S. and world media, comes as a relief to Iraq-based pro-Iranian terror militias.
The Iranian regime is equally upbeat in its statements about a possible Biden-Harris administration, hoping to revive the Obama-era appeasement policies.
If the mainstream media and the Biden-Harris camp have their way, the Tehran and pro-Iran terrorist groups may have a good reason to rejoice. A Democrat-led administration will likely undo President Donald Trump’s legacy on Iran, lifting economic sanctions and ending the campaign of maximum pressure against the world’s biggest sponsor of terrorism and its Islamist proxies across the Middle East.
The Times of Israel news website reported the reaction of pro-Iran terrorist groups:
Iraq’s pro-Tehran factions have welcomed Joe Biden’s election as US president, alarming officials and activists in Baghdad who fear a US-Iran de-escalation could empower hardliners in their own country. (…)
Iraqi factions supported by Tehran are hoping Biden could roll back Trump’s policies, which included bombing hardline groups and slapping sanctions on pro-Iran figures.
“Trump’s era was a very negative one, a period of demolition,” said Mohammad Mohyi, spokesman for Kataeb Hezbollah, a hardline pro-Iran faction in Iraq.
“We hope the new administration will resolve this, by ending the crisis and withdrawing its troops,” he told AFP.
He slammed Trump for “the greatest crime” in January: killing Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and top Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who had a key role in founding Kataeb Hezbollah, in a drone strike in Baghdad.
Under President Trump’s orders, U.S. forces have retaliated against Iran-funded Kataeb Hezbollah responsible for targeting American military bases and diplomatic missions in Iraq. The terrorist group’s top operative, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, was killed in a U.S. drone strike in early January along with Iran’s top terror mastermind, Qasem Soleimani. Al-Muhandis was a wanted terrorist who orchestrated several high-profile terrorist attacks, including the bombings of the U.S. and French embassies in Kuwait in the 80s.
The hopes of the Biden-Harris administration reentering the Obama-Kerry Iran nuclear deal could mean a new lease of life for Kataeb Hezbollah and allied Iraqi terror groups. Reviving the nuclear deal was “high on his agenda,” a former senior aide Biden recently declared.
“I believe that in the first months [of the Biden presidency], we’ll either see him rejoin the deal fully, or what I would call ‘JCPOA-minus,’ meaning lifting sanctions in exchange for suspending some of the Iranian nuclear programs [developed] in the past three years,” Biden confidant and senior Obama-era official, Amos Hochstein, told Israel’s Channel 12 news network.
Much like the Harris-Biden camp, Tehran, too, is eager to reenter the nuclear deal, which awarded billions of dollars to the terror-sponsoring regime during the Obama days. On Sunday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Biden to “compensate” for President Trump’s “mistakes” and return to the nuclear deal.
“Now, an opportunity has come up for the next U.S. administration to compensate for past mistakes and return to the path of complying with international agreements,” he said.
Sky News Australia: The world can ‘look forward to a nuclear Iran’ under Joe Biden
This article was cross-posted with permission from Legal Insurrection.
Loretta Sanchez says
BIDEN DID NOT WIN!! STOP THE PROPAGANDA!! TRUMP IS YOUR PRESIDENT!!???❤??
mortimer says
The Muslim-Leftist-Globalist Axis of Evil wants a weak America.
Keys says
Yes.
The scheming Globalists, who have the money and power, are using the Muslims, through immigration into Western countries, to subdue the patriotic masses (middle class, bourgeois).
One World ruled by those with the most power and money, because they know what is best for everyone to save the Earth and live in harmony.
Freedom and Democracy ? Of course, but within strict confines so justice, peace, co-opeation, and good can be achieved by the Global State for the masses. “We’re All in This Together !”
And the Muslims are using the Globalists to make the world one for Allah.
The Great Reset.
Tilt…Tilt…Tilt…
A7E.Pilgrim says
They cheered just like they did on 9/11/2001. America, don’t fail to take notice.
Walter Sieruk says
It’s no surprise or wonder that those violent and murderous Iran backed jihadists of Hamas and Hezbollah along with other view the prospect of a Biden administration with cheering and joy and hope..
For Biden administration will be a wonderful gift to the jihadist- Muslims with weak and feeble- minded sleepy old Joe sitting in the White House Office ,as a sick joke of “President.” Biden will easily collapse under pressure and acquiesce all the tyrannical aggressive and hostile Islamic regime of Iran wants for its stooge terror entities.
Joe Biden will be a disaster for America, Israel , Europe and the world.
Walter Sieruk says
Joe Biden ,if he really becomes President , he will just mindlessly comply to the wants and wishes of that tyrannical cruel and hostile Islamic regime of Iran that backs Hezbollah and Hamas.
Biden with his wicked folly is a future disaster just waiting to occur.
Andrew says
Donald Trump was against the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, wants the Troops out of these “endless wars”, does not want War with anybody, has not invaded any countries,managed to get some Troops out of Syria, told NATO to pony up the amount they all agreed upon, told the Paris Climate gang that the gig is up, no more flying in on their Private Jets, Five Star Hotels with Hookers to play with, no more money sent to people who scream they are gong to kill us,no more being the Worlds Policeman, spoke out about the dangers of the NWO, and Globalism, the lowest unemployment, even for minorities,Dollar and Stock Market going well,not having to bow down and hand deals off to those that paid for his campaign, as he paid for it himself, doesnt take a Pay Check for his current gig,told EU,Japan,Korea that they must take more care of their own defense or pay for the USA to be there, so anybody can see why The Lefty Democrats would dislike this guy even though D.J.Trump was a Democrat all his life until he decided to run for Office as he knew it was Mrs Clinton,s turn at bat.
Mrs Nasty Pelosi said that the deals made with islamic Nations and Israel is a “distraction”, she also said “we are leaving our friends behind”, once Troops were pulled out of Syria, no word yet on which “friends” she was speaking about but I guess its either The Syrians, Kurds or Turks… take yer pick…
I doubt very much that this Virus nonsense is a coincidence.
OLD GUY says
That should scare Americans, when your enemy is cheering for Biden who they know they can handle.