The government of Adel Abdul-Mahdi pursues a declared and clear policy that sees the need to keep Iraq out of the circle of tensions between the United States and Iran, which represents the Iraqi arena more than any other arena to settle the accounts between them, directly or through agents.

Baghdad seeks to reconcile its relations with Washington and Tehran in a balanced and non-aligned to either of them in accordance with its supreme interests by preventing Iraq from entering into the conflicts of other countries by proxy.

Abdul Mahdi refuses to enter Iraq in the policy of axis along with the state against another, with his country's keenness to establish balanced relations with all in the interests of Iraq and the interests of other countries.

Based on these trends, the offer came in the middle of Baghdad between Washington and Tehran, but its directions clash with the presence of influential parties in the decision centers and the state security, military and legislative institutions aligned with the Iranian policies against the United States.

Local media quoted the deputy secretary-general of the Al-Najba movement as saying that what he called "Iraqi resistance factions" is ready to target American interests in a timely manner.

In the same context, spoke one of the most prominent leaders of the movement of Asaib Ahl al-Haq allied to Iran that the US forces deployed in the Iraqi provinces will not be safe if the resistance axis to the US-Israeli strikes.

According to statements by Abdul Mahdi in recent days, he is making great efforts to calm, with indications from both parties that things will end well.

Forces from the popular crowd during a previous deployment in northern Iraq (Reuters)

Iraq Square
In the event of a conflict between Tehran and Washington, most observers tend to Iraq will be the first battlefield potential.

Washington recently warned of a direct response to Iran if its troops and interests in Iraq or the region were attacked, in return for Iranian warnings of harsh responses to the United States and its allies.

The United States maintains a military presence of more than 5,200 troops deployed to eight military bases in Iraq, including bases in the Kurdistan region is likely not to oppose the territorial government to use by the Americans against Iran.

Iran is counting on the US to use its military base in Erbil to launch attacks on Iranian installations or cities or target its allied forces in Iraq.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Salami warned that the territory of Iraqi Kurdistan would be at the mercy of Iranian missiles if the territory was used as a launching pad to strike Iran.

The deputy US Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs during his visit to Erbil recently asked explicitly the regional government and political leaders of the two parties to stop dealing with Iran, as part of the campaign led by Washington against Tehran.

The International Coalition against the Islamic State Organization announced on March 14 that it was on high alert because of an imminent threat to US forces in Iraq, although it had declared earlier that the war on Iran was not his job.

US troops at al-Qayyara base near Mosul (Reuters)

Iran is responsible
The new US policies include holding Iran directly responsible for any attacks by Tehran's groups or organizations against the interests of the United States, which is of concern to Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, countries in which Iranian armed groups are active.

US-Iranian tensions escalated after the US administration received intelligence from an Iranian plot to target US soldiers in Iraq or at the military base in Syria by Iraqi armed groups.

Military units of the popular crowd are deployed in Anbar province and control long distances from the Iraqi-Syrian border.

The United States fears that Iran will provide some Iraqi groups with medium- and long-range missiles to target US forces and interests in Iraq, and in Syria as well.

According to media reports and statements by US officials, Iran has already supplied factions such as Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Al-Najba and Hizballah with missiles with a range of 300 km and a range of 150 and 210 kilometers that could reach US targets in Iraq and Syria.