Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Hassan Kazemi Qomi pointed to US strategies
to infiltrate into Iraq and said given the failure of its policies in the Middle
East, Washington is seeking to interfere in the Iraqi parliamentary elections,
due be held in May.
He said the US government is seeking to directly or indirectly support some
currents in the elections, adding that one of the strategies of the US is to use
NGOs.
The CIA, the Pentagon, and the US Department of State are trying to interfere in
the vote under the guise of the NGOs, the former diplomat said.
He went on to say, however, that the Iraqi people would counter the US policies
and take a path that would serve their national interests.
Iraq’s parliament recently approved May 12 as the date for holding national
elections despite calls to delay the vote until the return of nearly 3 million
people displaced by the fight against Daesh (ISIL or ISIS).
The over three-year-old fight against Daesh has left most of the areas in
northern and western Iraq in ruins, and poor public services have exacerbated
the situation.
The elections will be the fourth since the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq.