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Iraqi security forces began tightening measures on Friday to protect the Green Zone in the centre of the capital, Baghdad, and the surrounding areas, in anticipation of the increasing calls of the Sad...

Supporters of Shia religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr gathered in Baghdad weeks after he withdrew his bloc from parliament

Muqtada al-Sadr says he ‘will not participate in the next elections if the corrupt participate’.

It is not clear how the Al-Sadr blocking vacating the seats will facilitate the formation of a government. According to the election law, if a member vacates his or her seat in parliament, the person with the next high number of votes will get the seat.

The Sadrist bloc’s resignation from parliament throws up a number of scenarios, including new elections in Iraq.

All seventy-three members of the Sadrist Movement, the largest bloc in parliament, simultaneously resigned from office on Monday.

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Iraq’s Sadrists, the biggest grouping in parliament, have been unable to form a government since October’s elections.