Leader of Major Iraqi Party Fears UAE May Rig Elections to Spark Normalization of Ties With Tel Aviv

Iraqis will go to the polls on Sunday to elect all 329 members of the council of representatives. The parliament will in turn elect the country’s president, and confirm its prime minister. In July, Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced that his powerful Sadrist Movement would boycott the vote, with Iraq’s Communist Party following suit.