Iranians are Shiites and thus are allied with people in the Maliki government.
The ISIL attackers are Sunnis, and want to kill as many people, non-Muslim or even non-Sunni, as they can.
Many tons of equipment have gone missing, so some of it will be in use there in the ME, and some will no doubt be used here in the US.
But that doesn’t bother Bambi.