New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani addressed the General Assembly in September 2026 as the prime minister of a state whose security architecture includes, simultaneously, American military advisers operating under a bilateral security agreement and armed militias that take operational direction from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force. He called for dialogue. He called for political solutions. He endorsed no ceasefire framework submitted by any party. He left New York having said, in effect, nothing - which was the only thing he could say.

the political arm of the Popular Mobilization Forces, the Hashd al-Shaabi - holds seats in the Council of Representatives that Al-Sudani cannot govern without. Those militia...