Iran-backed militias struggle to resist US pressure
Feeling the burden of US sanctions on Iran, the Popular Mobilization Units are flexing their muscles in Iraq, trying to strengthen their position.
As the United States tightens the noose on the Iranian economy, Iran-backed Iraqi militias are feeling the pain more than ever.
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions June 12 on an Iraq-based company that is believed to be a financial conduit for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Quds Force in particular.
