Iran-backed factions in Iraq face chaos before elections

Iran-backed factions in Iraq face chaos before elections

Iraq is having elections in November, and even though the day is far off, chaos is unfolding in the discussion about the lists ahead of the vote.

Major Shiite parties to run separately in Iraq’s November election amid disagreements

The Coordination Framework, Iraq’s ruling bloc of Shiite political parties, has announced that its members will run on separate lists in Iraq’s November 2025 election and reform the alliance following the vote. Elements of the bloc have disagreed strongly over key issues since the current government’s formation in 2022.

Chaos ahead of elections among Iran-backed factions in Iraq

… Al-Ain media in the UAE noted that “the strategic … with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Al Sudani in Munich, Germany, … Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine, the risk of a US confrontation in Iraq and Yemen … could weaken the Iranian-backed parties in Iraq. “According to …