{
  "id": 2342946,
  "title": "Iran parliament chief visits graves of allied Iraqi fighters",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/iran-parliament-chief-visits-graves-of-allied-iraqi-fighters",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T08:59:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-parliament-chief-visits-graves-allied-iraqi-fighters"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has paid tribute to Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a prominent figure among allied Iraqi fighters, by visiting his grave in Najaf, Iraq. This visit was part of a broader trip by an Iranian parliamentary delegation, according to Iran’s Student News Network. Al-Muhandis, who served as the deputy commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces, was killed in a US drone strike alongside Iran’s general Qassem Soleimani near Baghdad International Airport in January 2020. The visit also included stops at the graves of other members of Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}