TEHRAN -- The United States is trying to internationalize the Iraq crisis to reduce its expenditures for the occupation”, international affairs analyst Ali Khorram said here on Sunday. The U.S. pushed through the latest UN Security Council resolution in order to reduce the unilateral nature of its role in Iraq and to redistribute the responsibility and cost to others, Khorram told the Mehr News Agency.

The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved Resolution 1770 on Friday to expand the UN presence in Iraq to help tackle political, economic, and humanitarian problems that have eluded the U.S., British, and Iraqi governments.
Washington is facing a severe crisis in Iraq and none of its plans have worked out, hence it is looking for new ways to resolve the problem, he opined.
“Up to now, all expenses and responsibilities for the occupation of Iraq had been on the shoulders of the U.S.” but U.S. officials realized that support for the war was plummeting at home, so they adopted a new strategy and gave the Security Council a more important role in Iraq, he explained.
The resolution calls for the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), whose mandate was extended by one year, to “advise, support and assist” the Iraqi government on political, economic, legal, and human rights issues, but “as circumstances permit”.
The resolution will increase the responsibility of Iraq’s neighbors, especially Iran and Syria, and will compel them to play a more influential role in the country, Khorram said.
MP Elham Aminzadeh told MNA that the United States is using the Security Council as a tool because that is the best way to redistribute the cost for the Iraq debacle.
Washington also seeks to weaken the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and actually wants to paralyze the government and leave it no choice but to resign, added Aminzadeh, who is a member of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee