# Iraq to collect 6 million weapons despite pushback from Iran-backed militias

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- euronews, 2026-09-22 11:33 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/22/iraq-to-collect-6-million-weapons-despite-pushback-from-iran-backed-militias

> Baghdad has recast 30 September from a hard deadline for armed factions to surrender an estimated six million weapons as the beginning of a regulatory process. Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat al-Nujaba refuse to hand over what they call “resistance weapons”.