The "Hussein revolution" inside the Iraqi parliament, this is how Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement, described his supporters' storming of the Iraqi parliament at the end of last July.
A scene that came within the framework of a wave of escalation that began in October 2021, following elections in which the Sadrist movement obtained a parliamentary majority, but was unable to form a consensus government due to the opposition of the Coordination Framework Forces coalition, which plunged the country into a state of political stalemate that intensified. After the resignation of the Sadrist bloc deputies last June.
What is happening in Iraq?
Is it the end of the sectarian quota system?
How do the countries of the region and the world monitor what is happening?
What does the future of Iraq look like in light of this political impasse?
In this episode from yesterday, Othman Ay Farah interviews Professor Omar Al-Mashhadani, a researcher specializing in Iraqi affairs, about developments in the political scene in Iraq and its fate.