Iraqi Resistance: We Are Not Bound by Any Timeline or Agreement Issued by Government or Political Parties

Jaafar Al-Husseini, spokesman for the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, said on Wednesday that the resistance factions are not bound by any timeline or agreement issued by a government or political entity.

Al-Husseini said the factions had spent more than 40 days taking part in negotiations through a four-member committee formed by the Coordination Framework in coordination with the Iraqi government. The talks focused on regulating the factions’ weapons in exchange for completing Iraq’s sovereignty requirements, including the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces and all forms of foreign military presence from Iraqi land, airspace and territorial waters.

He said the proposed agreement would preserve the resistance’s right to respond directly to any U.S. or Israeli violation of Iraq’s sovereignty. Al-Husseini added that the government’s response to the agreement had not yet reached the factions, despite the document being formally signed by the four-member committee and representatives of the four factions.

He further said the resistance’s weapons would remain under the control of its fighters, according to its stated position, while maintaining an open channel for dialogue aimed at safeguarding Iraq’s sovereignty and independent decision-making.

The statements come amid Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi’s pledge to disarm armed factions by June 2027, while the State Administration Coalition has stressed that weapons must be restricted to state institutions and that armed activities outside the official framework constitute a violation of the law.