This regime is trying to send a message that it's strong enough to retaliate against any possible military attack against Iran, that it's not like its neighbor Iraq, which the Americans could easily invade.

Iran wants an Iraq that will not pose threats to it. Tehran doesn't want to suffer more from Iraq.

He wants to remove any official or diplomat with liberal thinking or anybody who backs better relations with the West.

It's totally wrong to say Iran has a big say in Iraqi affairs. Iraqi Shiites are Arabs more than they are Shiites.

The establishment is now thinking about how to contain this president whose actions risk global confrontation with Iran.