"We affirm that our decision is firm and has not changed regarding our continued non-participation in the political process," military assistant of Harakat al-Nujaba Abdul Qader al-Karbalai stated, noting that "we also affirm regarding the sacred weapons of the resistance that there is nothing in our terminology and literature called (restriction - handover - disarmament).”
The remarks come amid continuing disagreements between the Iraqi federal government and powerful Iran-backed armed groups over Baghdad's policy to integrate non-state weapons under institutional authority, an objective initially set for September 30 before being postponed to June 30, 2027.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi met with United States President Donald Trump at the White House on July 14, where he framed the bilateral relationship around economic cooperation and affirmed that restricting weapons strictly to state control remained non-negotiable.
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