Final results confirm win for anti-American bloc of Moqtada al-Sadr in Iraqi elections
who also opposes Iranian influence in Iraq, has won the country's parliamentary election, the electoral commission said on Saturday. Mr Sadr himself cannot become prime minister as he did not run in the election, though his bloc's victory puts him in a position to have a strong say in negotiations. His Sairoon electoral list captured 54 parliamentary seats. The Al-Fatih bloc led by Hadi al-Amiri, who has close ties with Iran and heads an umbrella group of paramilitaries that played a key role in defeating Islamic State, came in second with ...
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