TEHRAN – Iran’s Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Mohammed Emami-Kashani on Friday called on Muslim countries to speak up against the proposed security pact between the United States and Iraq.

“I am asking the people and the government of Iraq to stand firm against this and not to be frightened. The resistance should not be limited to Iraq. All Islamic countries and Muslims should support them,” he told worshipers at Tehran University campus.
In an indirect address to the Iraqi nation, he said: “The great Iraqi nation, every one of you is obliged to stand against this agreement.”
He said if this agreement is signed it will be a “disgrace” for Iraqi nation.
Under the agreement U.S. troops would occupy permanent bases, conduct military operations, arrest Iraqis, and enjoy immunity from Iraqi law,
Under the terms of the new treaty, the Americans would retain the long-term use of more than 50 bases in Iraq. American negotiators are also demanding immunity from Iraqi law for U.S. troops and contractors, and a free hand to carry out arrests and conduct military activities in Iraq without consulting the Baghdad government.
Washington also wants control of Iraqi airspace below 29,000ft and the right to pursue its “war on terror” in Iraq, giving it the authority to arrest anybody it wants and to launch military campaigns without consultation