2021.10.12 12:40 GMT+8

Sadrists claim most seats in Iraqi parliament after vote

Updated 2021.10.12 12:40 GMT+8
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The party of Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is the biggest winner in the Iraqi parliamentary elections. But voter turnout was only 41 percent, a record low in the post-Saddam Hussein era. Speaking on state TV, al-Sadr promised to form a government free of foreign interference.

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