{
  "id": 11630636,
  "title": "After US exit, Iran gains space in Iraq and a harder balancing act",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/after-us-exit-iran-gains-space-in-iraq-and-a-harder-balancing-act",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T19:37:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/after-us-exit-iran-gains-space-iraq-and-harder-balancing-act"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For Iran, the easier part may have been getting Washington out, but it may now have to struggle turning the absence into durable influence and reviving its allied militias without provoking instability.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}