Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on 12 May 2018. The elections decided the 329 members of the Council of Representatives, the country's unicameral legislature, who in turn will elect the Iraq
Holding Iraqi parliamentary elections in Tehran
Iraqi president Fuad Masum shows his inked finger after casting a ballot at the central polling station in the Green Zone of Baghdad on 12 May
Supporters of Sadr's alliance in Liberation Square, Baghdad celebrating after a successful election campaign
Muqtada al-Sadr
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Muqtada al-Sadr is an Iraqi cleric, politician and former militia leader. A leading Shia Muslim figure, he inherited the leadership of the Sadrist Movement from his father, and founded the now-dissolv
2018 Iraqi parliamentary election
…al-Hikma). All but five of the 29 MPs from the Citizens Alliance joined Al-Hikma. The remaining members of the Citizen Alliance joined the Fatah Alliance. Muqtada al-Sadr announced a joint list with the Iraqi Communist Party, called the Alliance towards Reforms. This built on previous collaboration with the Communists…
Al-Sadr in 2022
Supporters of Sadr's alliance in Liberation Square, Baghdad celebrating after a successful election campaign
Muqtada al-Sadr in Tehran in 2019 with Ali Khamenei siting on a chair on the left and Qasem Soleimani to the right
Momika in 2023, before his assassination