Read as well: Renewing Halbousi's presidency of Iraq and Shiite forces is illegal. The election of the parliament speaker raised a pressing question about Iran's current influence in choosing Iraq's presidencies. In 2018, the commander of the Revolutionary Guard, Major General Mohammad Ali Rashaifrey, announced that his country defeated America in Iraq (3 + 3), because the three presidencies are from the Iranian camp, as he put it, "the role of an observer" and Soleimani's departure.