U.S. Security Adviser Slams Iran's 'Malign, Destructive' Regional Influence October 25, 2017 18:38 GMT RFE/RL McMaster Says U.S. Wants Strong Iraq To Counter Iran 0:01:39 0:00:00 /0:01:39 ▶ McMaster Says U.S. Wants Strong Iraq To Counter Iran U.S. President Donald Trump’s top security adviser has told a television interview that the "malign, destructive" influence of Iran and its "proxies" must be removed from Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere in the Middle East. "It’s very difficult to see how can there be an enduring peace if one side that has perpetuated and accelerated the violence is not removed," national security adviser H.R. McMaster told U.S.-funded Alhurra television in an interview broadcast on October 25. "So it's important for everyone in the region...to reduce the malign, destructive influence of Iran and the [Islamic] Revolutionary Guards Corps," he added. ...