Iraqis vote in election they expect to bring little reform

November 11, 2025 10:11 AM

Iraqis vote in election they expect to bring little reform

Iraqis began casting ballots on Tuesday in parliamentary elections to choose a new 329-member legislature, state television said, with nationwide polling set to close at 6:00 p.m. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani seeks a second term in an exercise that a growing young electorate increasingly views as a vehicle for established parties to divide up the Middle East nation's oil wealth. Sudani's bloc is forecast to win the most seats but fall short of a majority, potentially meaning months o...

Iranian president visits Iraq on his first foreign trip

September 11, 2024 3:33 PM

Iranian president visits Iraq on his first foreign trip

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visited Iraq on Wednesday on his first foreign trip, signalling the clerical establishment's intention to strengthen ties with a strategic ally of both Tehran and Washington as regional tensions rise. Pezeshkian, a relative moderate who was elected in July, met Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the start of his three-day visit that Baghdad said would include the signing of a number of agreements and discussion of the Gaza war and the situation i...