Shafaq News / On Wednesday, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, denied that Iran was behind his withdrawal from the political process and the resignation of his lawmakers from Parliament.

"Iran did not exercise any pressure this time on any Shiite party, and what is rumored that the reason for the withdrawal was an Iranian threat

Shafaq News/ A leading figure of the Coordination Framework, Fadhel Mawat, refuted reports on naming the head of al-Fatah bloc, Hadi al-Ameri, for premiership, accusing a Sunni lawmaker of attempting to foment contention inside the Shiite forces consortium.

"The reports al-Ameri as the head of the next federal government are unfounded," Mawat told

Shafaq News / On Wednesday, unknown persons assassinated a member of Saraya al-Salam, in Najaf Governorate, 180 km southwest of Baghdad.

A security source told Shafaq News Agency, "The security guard who was assassinated this morning in the Al-Rahma neighborhood is Ayed Al-Hamidawi, a member of Saraya Al-Salam."

Saraya al-Salam (Al-Salam Brigades),

Shafaq News/ The Kurdish leader, Masoud Barzani, said that three principles govern the participation of the Kurdistan Region in the next federal government

On Wednesday, Barzani received at his residence in the Saladin resort the Danish ambassador to Baghdad, Stig Paulo Beiras, on the end of his mission in Iraq.

In a statement, Barzani's