Forças de Mobilização Popular
Also known as PMU, Al-Hashd al-Shaabi, PMF, People's Mobilization Committee, PMC, Popular Mobilization Units
The Popular Mobilization Forces, also known as the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), is an Iranian-backed paramilitary umbrella group that operates within Iraq. Although formally and legally part of the Iraqi Armed Forces and reporting directly to the prime minister, PMF leaders act independently from state control, and in practice, answer to the supreme leader of Iran.
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Key facts
- Founder
- Ali Sistani
- Supreme leader
- Mojtaba Khamenei
- Chairman
- Falih Al-Fayyadh
- Chief of staff
- Abu Fadak al-Mohammadawi
- Notable commanders
- Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis X
- Dates of operation
- 15 June 2014 – present
- Country
- Iraq
- Allegiance
- Iraq ( de jure ), Iran ( de facto , IRGC )
- Headquarters
- Baghdad , Iraq
- Ideology
- Shia Islamism , Khomeinism , Wilayat al-Faqih , Iranian interests , Anti-Sunnism , Anti-West , Anti-LGBT