Iran's Revolutionary Guards call US Iraq withdrawal 'historic victory'
The IRGC congratulated the Iraqi people and called for American troops to leave the entire Middle East.
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What this story says
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) described the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq as a 'historic victory'.
- The IRGC stated the US withdrawal from Iraq is the first step towards avenging Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
- The IRGC called for the departure of American troops from the entire Middle East.
- The IRGC congratulated the Iraqi people on the withdrawal of US forces.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 33 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 58 of the 91 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
45/100
Hype
41/100
91 sources · methodology
Missing from the left
Only 8 of the 33 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have declared the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq a 'historic victory'. In a statement, the IRGC congratulated the Iraqi people on this development. The Guards also stated that the US withdrawal from Iraq represents the first step towards avenging Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Furthermore, the IRGC called for the departure of American troops from the entire Middle East.
Coverage
What the coverage left out
None of the reports printed below mention any specific cost associated with the US presence or withdrawal from Iraq. Additionally, no outlet reported on the specific timeline or date of the US withdrawal, beyond the general context of the event.
Coverage settled. We checked this 37 times and stopped on 6 Oct 2026, 18:45. The figures above are what it finished at.
How other outlets pictured it
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How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
8 rated outlets
We have not written our reading of the left coverage of this story. The left-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.
Centre
9 rated outlets
- The centre-rated reports led on Iran's Revolutionary Guards calling the US withdrawal from Iraq a 'historic victory'. These reports also noted the IRGC's call for American troops to leave the entire Middle East. Two of the centre-rated reports, ANSA and Westfalenpost, included full reports that quoted the IRGC's statement. ANSA reported the IRGC called the withdrawal 'una vittoria storica' and stated it was the result of the determination of the Iraqi nation to defend its independence. Westfalenpost's report, which was a digest, also highlighted the IRGC's celebration of the US withdrawal as an 'American expulsion'.
Right
16 rated outlets
- The right-rated reports focused on Iran's Revolutionary Guards hailing the US withdrawal from Iraq as a 'historic victory' and calling for a broader regional withdrawal. These reports also highlighted the IRGC's statement that the US should leave the region and allow its people to manage their own security. News-pravda.com reported the IRGC stating the 'Expulsion of Americans from Iraq heralds West Asia's liberation from the yoke of the Great Satan'. Anadolu Ajansı reported the IRGC saying the withdrawal marks the beginning of a broader regional withdrawal. Mehr News Agency reported the IRGC congratulating Iraq on the withdrawal, calling it a historic victory and the dawn of West Asia's liberation from the 'Great Satan'.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Iran's Revolutionary Guards call US Iraq withdrawal 'historic victory'?
- Of the 33 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 24% are rated left, 27% are rated centre, 49% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 91. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Iran's Revolutionary Guards call US Iraq withdrawal 'historic victory' left or right?
- Neither side dominates it. Of the 33 rated outlets on this story, 24% are rated left, 27% are rated centre, 49% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
- Is the coverage of Iran's Revolutionary Guards call US Iraq withdrawal 'historic victory' biased?
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards call US Iraq withdrawal 'historic victory' is one event reported by 91 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Iran's Revolutionary Guards call US Iraq withdrawal 'historic victory'?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Iran's Revolutionary Guards call US Iraq withdrawal 'historic victory'?
- 91 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What did Iran's Revolutionary Guards say about the US withdrawal from Iraq?
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards called the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq a 'historic victory'. They also congratulated the Iraqi people and stated the withdrawal was the first step towards avenging Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. The IRGC further called for the departure of American troops from the entire Middle East.
- What is the significance of the US withdrawal from Iraq according to the IRGC?
- According to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the US withdrawal from Iraq is a 'historic victory' and the first step towards avenging Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. They also stated it heralds West Asia's liberation from the 'Great Satan' and called for a complete US exit from the region.
- Which countries were mentioned in relation to the US withdrawal from Iraq?
- The primary countries mentioned are Iraq, from which US forces withdrew, and Iran, whose Revolutionary Guards issued statements on the withdrawal. The IRGC also called for the departure of American troops from the entire Middle East region.
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96 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
8- Iranian President: Negotiations with the US Are Pointless (opens fakti.bg in a new tab)
- Tehran Celebrates the Withdrawal of US Troops From Iraq as a Victory (opens der Standard AT in a new tab)
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- Iran welcomes exit of US forces from Iraq, calls for Washington to be held accountable (opens Middle East Eye in a new tab)
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- War in the Middle East - Tehran Welcomes US Withdrawal From Iraq (opens Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) in a new tab)
- IRGC hails US troop withdrawal from Iraq as 'beginning of expulsion' from West Asia (opens The Cradle in a new tab)
The Cradle — is The Cradle biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Revolutionary Guards Celebrate "Historic Victory" of US Forces' Withdrawal From Iraq (opens in.gr in a new tab)
- Iran Guards hail US withdrawal from Iraq as 'historic victory' (opens Dawn in a new tab)
- Iraq Celebrates Withdrawal of U.S. Troops After 12 Years of Mission Against Islamic State (opens La Opinion in a new tab)
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Centre
9- Iranian President: Negotiations with the US Are Pointless (opens Lietuvos Radijas ir Televizija in a new tab)
- Iranian President: Negotiations with the US Are Pointless (opens 15min.lt in a new tab)
- The Latest Round of U.S.-Iran Talks Failed. Tehran Now Says Conversations are Meaningless. (opens IBTimes in a new tab)
- Iran Sees the Withdrawal of American Troops From Iraq as the Beginning of "the U.S. Expulsion From the Region: "A Historic Event (opens Digi 24 in a new tab)
- Iran hails ‘expulsion’ of US from Iraq, says it marks beginning of broader regional withdrawal (opens The Express Tribune in a new tab)
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- Pasdaran, a Historic Victory the Withdrawal of US Forces From Iraq (opens ANSA in a new tab)
- Iran War Up-to-Date: Tehran Celebrates US Deduction From Iraq – "American Expulsion" (opens Westfalenpost in a new tab)
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- Iran's IRGC hails US exit from Iraq (opens bne IntelliNews in a new tab)
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Right
16- Iran's President Melts Down, Lashes Out At Trump (opens TrendingPolitics in a new tab)
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- Iran's Pezeshkian says negotiations with US 'meaningless' (opens Daily Sabah in a new tab)
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- Iran’s President Says Talks With U.S. Have ‘No Meaning’ as War and Sanctions Continue (opens [your]NEWS in a new tab)
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- Pezeshkian: Negotiations have no meaning with an enemy that resorts to assassination and threats (opens Tehran Times in a new tab)
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- Iran hails US withdrawal from Iraq as 'historic victory' (opens Signs of the Times in a new tab)
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- US Troops Leave Iraq, Iran's IRGC: Historic Victory for the Resistance Axis (opens Tribunnews.com in a new tab)
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- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Speaks of “Historical Victory” After U.S. Troops Retired From Iraq · Global Voices (opens La Tercera in a new tab)
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- 'Expulsion of Americans from Iraq heralds West Asia's liberation from the yoke of the Great Satan' — Iran's IRGC (opens news-pravda.com in a new tab)
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- Iran hails ‘expulsion’ of US from Iraq, says it marks beginning of broader regional withdrawal (opens Anadolu Ajansı in a new tab)
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- Iranian Revolutionary Guard Pleased with US Withdrawal From Iraq (opens dagelijksestandaard.nl in a new tab)
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- Iran’s Guards hail US withdrawal from Iraq as ‘historic victory’ (opens Free Malaysia Today News in a new tab)
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- Iranian Revolutionary Guard Pleased with US Withdrawal From Iraq (opens Reformatorisch Dagblad in a new tab)
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- Iraq Celebrates on Streets Out of U.S. Military (opens Globo in a new tab)
- Iran Guards hail US withdrawal from Iraq as ‘historic victory’ (opens Arab News in a new tab)
- IRGC issues statement after US forces withdrawal from Iraq (opens Mehr News Agency in a new tab)
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- Iraqi "Islamic Resistance" Will Not Drop Its Weapons After the United States Withdrawal From Iraq: EADaily (opens EADaily in a new tab)
Not rated
63- Pezeshkian: Negotiations with the US Make No Sense in the Current Circumstances (opens Apa in a new tab)
- BZ: Negotiation with America Is Pointless. (opens IMLebanon in a new tab)
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- Pezheskian: Talks with the US Are "Meaningless" (opens Naftemporiki in a new tab)
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- War in the Middle East: Negotiating with the United States "No Sense," Says Iranian President (opens LaProvence.com in a new tab)
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- Iran Welcomes US Withdrawal From Iraq, Demands Accountability for 2003 Invasion (opens NewsBomb in a new tab)
- Iran. Proclaim New Phase of Resistance and Augurs for U.S. Exit - Latin American Summary (opens resumenlatinoamericano.org in a new tab)
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- US Has Suffered Major Defeat Against Iran – Time To Liberate Palestine! (opens Workers Revolutionary Party in a new tab)
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- Qaani: Islamic Resistance Forced Washington to Withdraw From Iraq - Middle East (opens rojnews.news in a new tab)
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- Iran Regime Hails U.S. Withdrawal From Iraq as “Historic Victory” (opens Iran News Update in a new tab)
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- US Deeply Disappointed With Withdrawing Troops From Iraq, Iran Cheers Historic Victory! (opens wartaekonomi.co.id in a new tab)
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- Resistance factions are necessary to ensure a permanent US Iraq withdrawal (opens Aletho News in a new tab)
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- Iraq. Iraqi Resistance Promises to Maintain Arms and Claims that US Forces Withdraw After “Hard Blows” - Latin American Summary (opens resumenlatinoamericano.org in a new tab)
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- Iran: Revolutionary Guards Celebrate US Withdrawal From Iraq (opens MeaCulpa in a new tab)
- Iran's Revolutionary Guard Speaks of "Historical Victory" After U.S. Troops Retired From Iraq · Global Voices (opens diarioestrategia.cl in a new tab)
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- Iran on the Coalition ' S Withdrawal From Iraq: Starting the Liberation of West Asia From the Great Demon (opens القدس العربي in a new tab)
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- Iranian Revolutionary Guard and U.S. Withdrawal From Iraq: “It’s the ... (opens La Nación in a new tab)
- IRGC: America Left Iraq, neither Through Negotiations nor Favors (opens inn.ir in a new tab)
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- Iraq Celebrates a "New Era" After the Withdrawal of US Troops and Calls for 'Peshmerga' and FMP to Join the State (opens diarioestrategia.cl in a new tab)
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- Iran: US Withdrawal From Iraq 'Historic Victory' (opens pelop.gr in a new tab)
- After US Withdrawal: Iranian Revolutionary Guards Speak of Victory of Iraq (opens noz.de in a new tab)
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards React to US Withdrawal From Iraq (opens lrytas.lt in a new tab)
- Iran Celebrates Withdrawal of U.S. Troops From Iraq (opens rccnoticias.com.do in a new tab)
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- Iran: Revolutionary Guards Call US Withdrawal From Iraq a 'Historic Victory' (opens Newsit.gr in a new tab)
- Iran Welcomes U.S. Withdrawal From Iraq: “It’s the Beginning of Their Expulsion” From the Middle East · Global Voices (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
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- End of US Presence in Iraq; IRGC: America Has Never Been and Is Not a Reliable Fulcrum (opens روزنامه اطلاعات روز in a new tab)
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- Iran: US Withdrawal From Iraq a "Historic Victory", Says Revolutionary Guard (opens ERT NEWS in a new tab)
- Revolutionary Guards: The Expulsion of Americans From Iraq as the Vanguard of Western Asia ' S Liberation (opens hathalyoum.net in a new tab)
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- US-Israel-Iran War Live News: ‘Washington Needs to Leave Wider Region,’ Says IRGC as It Hails US Withdrawal from Iraq as ‘Historic Victory’ (opens The Sunday Guardian Live in a new tab)
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- Iran Guards hail US withdrawal from Iraq as ‘historic victory’ (opens luxtimes.lu in a new tab)
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- Iran Said US Withdrawal From Iraq Was a Historic Victory (opens expressodasilhas.cv in a new tab)
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- IRGC Calls US Troop Withdrawal From Iraq a Historic Victory (opens SINDOnews.com in a new tab)
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- Revolutionary Guards: US Forces' Withdrawal From Iraq a Historic Victory (opens ΑΘΗΝΑ 9,84 in a new tab)
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- Iran: Revolutionary Guards Celebrate US Withdrawal From Iraq (opens OnAlert in a new tab)
- Iran's Revolutionary Guard Says US Withdrawal From Iraq Is a Historic Victory (opens SIC Notícias in a new tab)
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- Revolutionary Guards: US Forces' Withdrawal From Iraq a "Historic Victory" (opens insider.gr in a new tab)
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- Iran: Revolutionary Guards Celebrate US Withdrawal From Iraq (opens Business Daily in a new tab)
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- US exit from Iraq heralds ‘beginning of expulsion’ from West Asia: IRGC (opens PressTV in a new tab)
- IRGC Statement Following US Withdrawal From Iraq (opens asriran.com in a new tab)
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- Iran's Revolutionary Guard Calls US Withdrawal From Iraq a 'Historic Victory' (opens Haberler in a new tab)
- Iran hails US withdrawal from Iraq as historic victory (opens Yeni Şafak in a new tab)
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- Iran: US Forces' Withdrawal From Iraq a Victory (opens Dagens industri in a new tab)
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- Iran, the Guardians of the Revolution: "The US Withdrawal From Iraq Is a Historic Victory" (opens Day Italia News in a new tab)
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- Iran Said US Withdrawal From Iraq Was a Historic Victory (opens Noticias ao Minuto in a new tab)
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- Iran Reacts to the Complete US Withdrawal of Troops From Iraq. (opens TUOI TRE ONLINE in a new tab)
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- :: Revolutionary Guards: the Exit of the United States Forces Imposed on the Will of the Iraqi People and the First Step in the Revenge of the Engineer and Solomoni (opens Unknown in a new tab)
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- Iranian Revolutionary Guard Pleased with US Withdrawal From Iraq (opens welingelichtekringen.nl in a new tab)
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- Iranian Revolutionary Guard Pleased with US Withdrawal From Iraq (opens Nieuws.nl in a new tab)
- Iran War Up-to-Date: Tehran Celebrates US Deduction From Iraq – "American Expulsion" (opens braunschweiger-zeitung.de in a new tab)
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- Iran War Up-to-Date: Tehran Celebrates US Deduction From Iraq – "American Expulsion" (opens ikz-online.de in a new tab)
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- Iran War Up-to-Date: Tehran Celebrates US Deduction From Iraq – "American Expulsion" (opens tlz.de in a new tab)
- Iran War Up-to-Date: Tehran Celebrates US Deduction From Iraq – "American Expulsion" (opens Ostthüringer Zeitung in a new tab)
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- Iran War Up-to-Date: Tehran Celebrates US Deduction From Iraq – "American Expulsion" (opens Thüringer Allgemeine in a new tab)
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- Iran War Up-to-Date: Tehran Celebrates US Deduction From Iraq – "American Expulsion" (opens Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung in a new tab)
- Iran War Up-to-Date: Tehran Celebrates US Deduction From Iraq – "American Expulsion" (opens Hamburger Abendblatt in a new tab)
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- Iran: US exit from Iraq to lead to West Asia liberation (opens BizToc in a new tab)
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- IRGC Statement Following the Expulsion of Americans From Iraq (opens tabnak.ir in a new tab)
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards Welcome US Troops' Departure From Iraq, Call on Them to Leave Entire Region (opens Hospodárske Noviny in a new tab)
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- Iran Described the US Withdrawal From Iraq as a "Historic Victory". (opens Tr724 in a new tab)
- Iraqi Islamic Resistance: We Will Not Hand over Weapons (opens asriran.com in a new tab)
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- Statement From the 'Islamic Resistance' in Iraq: 'We Will Not Surrender Our Weapons' (opens anlatilaninotesi.com.tr in a new tab)
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- Iraqi resistance group rejects disarmament, vows to maintain support for Lebanon (opens Aletho News in a new tab)
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- Sayyid Al-Shuhada Brigades: We Will Not Hand over the Weapons of Resistance (opens defapress.ir in a new tab)
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- A Video of Iraq Folds the Foreign Presence Page and Celebrates Sovereignty. (opens hathalyoum.net in a new tab)
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