Iraqi parliament announces 25 candidates to run for president

Jan 31, 2022

Baghdad [Iraq], January 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Council of Representatives (Parliament) announced on Monday the names of 25 candidates for the presidential election scheduled...

Iraqi protesters storm Parliament for second time in 72 hours

Jul 30, 2022

Baghdad [Iraq], July 30 : Hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators, mostly supporters of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, on Saturday, stormed the heavily fortified parliament building...

Iraqi parliament elects Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as new president

Oct 13, 2022

Baghdad [Iraq], October 13 : Hours after several rockets struck Baghdad's Green Zone, the Iraqi Parliament elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as the...

Protesters storm Iraqi Parliament in support of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr

Jul 28, 2022

Baghdad [Iraq], July 28 : Hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators, mostly supporters of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday stormed the heavily fortified parliament building...

Iraq: Al-Sadr calls on judiciary to dissolve Parliament by next week

Aug 10, 2022

Baghdad [Iraq], August 11 : Influential Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday called on the Iraqi judiciary to dissolve the parliament by the end...

Incumbent president remains in office until parliament elects new one: Iraqi supreme court

Feb 13, 2022

Baghdad [Iraq], February 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Federal Supreme Court decided on Sunday that incumbent President Barham Salih will remain in office until a...