Video emerged of Iranian chief justice, Ebrahim Raisi, being given a huge reception in Baghdad, where he was flanked by Falih Al Fayyadh, leader of the Popular Mobilisation Forces.
Mr Raisi and Mr Al Fayyadh, who is accused of human rights abuses, face sanctions imposed on them by the US.
Jason Brodsky, policy director at United Against Nuclear Iran, said the video was “important optics” for Iranian politics.
The Trump administration blacklisted senior Iranian leaders in Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces, an umbrella group composed mainly of Iran-backed Shiite militias.
The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on the group's chairman, Mr Al Fayyadh, accusing him of human rights offences for his role in quelling protests in Iraq with the support of Iran’s Quds Force, the foreign operations branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
He was part of a “crisis cell” formed in late 2019 to suppress the protests, the US said.
“By directing and supervising the murder of peaceful Iraqi demonstrators, Iran-aligned militants and politicians such as Falih Al Fayyadh have been waging a violent campaign against Iraqi democracy and civil society,” said former Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin.
The film shows Mr Raisi touring the site where the US assassinated top Iranian commander Qassem Suleimani and Iran-aligned PMF leader Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis at Baghdad airport in January 2020.
The US State Department also listed Abd Al Aziz Malluh Mirjirash, the Popular Mobilisation Forces chief of staff and Iran-allied militia leader, as a “specially designated global terrorist” for his role in undermining security in Iraq.
In the final weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency, the US announced new sanctions against Iran’s national oil and tanker companies, which will probably make it harder for President Joe Biden to return to the nuclear deal.
Day 5, Dubai Test: At a glance
Moment of the day Given the problems Sri Lanka have had in recent times, it was apt the winning catch was taken by Dinesh Chandimal. He is one of seven different captains Sri Lanka have had in just the past two years. He leads in understated fashion, but by example. His century in the first innings of this series set the shock win in motion.
Stat of the day This was the ninth Test Pakistan have lost in their past 11 matches, a run that started when they lost the final match of their three-Test series against West Indies in Sharjah last year. They have not drawn a match in almost two years and 19 matches, since they were held by England at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi in 2015.
The verdict Mickey Arthur basically acknowledged he had erred by basing Pakistan’s gameplan around three seam bowlers and asking for pitches with plenty of grass in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. Why would Pakistan want to change the method that has treated them so well on these grounds in the past 10 years? It is unlikely Misbah-ul-Haq would have made the same mistake.
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BUNDESLIGA FIXTURES
(All games 4-3pm kick UAE time) Bayern Munich v Augsburg, Borussia Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen, Hoffenheim v Hertha Berlin, Wolfsburg v Mainz , Eintracht Frankfurt v Freiburg, Union Berlin v RB Leipzig, Cologne v Schalke , Werder Bremen v Borussia Monchengladbach, Stuttgart v Arminia Bielefeld
ARABIAN GULF LEAGUE FIXTURES
Thursday, September 21
Al Dahfra v Sharjah (kick-off 5.35pm)
Al Wasl v Emirates (8.30pm)
Friday, September 22
Dibba v Al Jazira (5.25pm)
Al Nasr v Al Wahda (8.30pm)
Saturday, September 23
Hatta v Al Ain (5.25pm)
Ajman v Shabab Al Ahli (8.30pm)
How to report a beggar
Abu Dhabi – Call 999 or 8002626 (Aman Service)
Dubai – Call 800243
Sharjah – Call 065632222
Ras Al Khaimah - Call 072053372
Ajman – Call 067401616
Umm Al Quwain – Call 999
Fujairah - Call 092051100 or 092224411
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