Nov 17, 2005

Iran supports Iraqi torturers

The Badr Brigade is financed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, according to a report on an Arab-language website.
Iran pays the Badr Brigade, recently renamed to Badr Organisation, a monthly salary of approximately three million dollars, the Jordanian website al-Malaf Net reported.

Al-Malaf Net said Iran’s military as well as its notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) were involved in illegal activities in Iraq through their regional proxy, the Badr Brigade.

The report identified Hadi al-Ameri, head of the Badr militia and a member of Iraq’s parliament, as a key link between Tehran and Iraq’s Interior Ministry. It said that al-Ameri had a direct link to the IRGC’s elite Qods Force, which is tasked with exporting Iran’s Islamic revolution to Arab states. He is regularly received by Qods Force commander Qassem Soleimani, it added.

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