Iran’s Revolutionary Guards assess U.S. withdrawal from Iraq

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards call U.S. withdrawal from Iraq start of wider pullout

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps described the departure of U.S. and coalition forces from Iraq after completing their military mission as the first step toward a broader U.S. withdrawal from West Asia. The U.S. Department of Defense announced that Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq had ended and that the departure from Erbil Air Base had been completed.

Scraper SystemOctober 01, 2026, 12:44 PM

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards call U.S. withdrawal from Iraq start of wider pullout

After the United States and its coalition partners completed their military mission in Iraq, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps described the withdrawal as the beginning of liberation from U.S. dominance in West Asia.

In a statement issued following the U.S. departure from Iraq, the Revolutionary Guards called on Washington to withdraw from the region and leave the management of security to the peoples of the region. The statement claimed that the U.S. presence in Iraq had lasted two decades and that the departure was the first step toward the complete withdrawal of American forces from the region.

The Iranian force claimed that the withdrawal was the result of the will of the Iraqi people and the resistance and actions of the Iraqi government. The Revolutionary Guards described the development as a historic victory.

Iranian Revolutionary Guards parade (archive)

U.S.-led mission in Iraq completed

The U.S. Department of Defense announced that the United States and its coalition partners had officially ended Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq. The orderly departure of coalition forces and their military equipment from Erbil Air Base was linked to the end of the military mission.

Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said the 12-year operation had eliminated Daesh as an organized military threat in Iraq and across the region.

Transition schedule agreed by Baghdad and Washington

Baghdad and Washington agreed in September 2024 on a schedule to end the coalition’s military mission in Iraq. The plan envisaged completing the process by the end of September 2026, followed by a transition to bilateral security relations between Iraq and coalition member countries.

A vessel belonging to the Revolutionary Guards (archive)

The U.S.-led coalition was formed after Daesh seized large areas of Iraq and Syria in 2014. Coalition forces provided Iraqi forces with air support, as well as intelligence and training, in operations against Daesh.

Iraq announced in December 2017 that it had reestablished control over all territories seized by Daesh. U.S. forces entered Iraq in 2003 to overthrow Saddam Hussein and left the country at the end of 2011.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards call U.S. withdrawal from Iraq start of wider pullout