The Iraqi parliament reconvened on Sunday and elected Bashir Haddad of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) as the second deputy to the speaker on Sunday. Haddad, a former MP in the Kurdistan Region Parliament, beat out Ahmad Rashid from the Kurdistan Islamic Group (Komal). He earned 185 votes of the ...
Iran on Sunday hailed the selections made by Iraq’s parliament a day after the body elected a speaker and first deputy. “The Islamic Republic of Iran supports decisions made by the (Iraqi) people’s elected representatives,” foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said. “The Islamic Republic of Iran has always supported Iraq’s ...
