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Iraq's judiciary said Sunday it lacks the authority to dissolve parliament as demanded by populist Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr, who is engaged in an escalating standoff with political rivals.

Majority-Shiite Iraq has been paralysed by political gridlock for nearly a year. Tensions are mounting between two powerful Shiite factions: one loyal to nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, on the one…

Shia cleric Muqtada al Sadr demands Supreme Judicial Council to dissolve Parliament.

Iraq’s top judicial body said Sunday it doesn't have the authority to dissolve the country’s parliament, days after an influential Shiite cleric gave it one week to dismiss the legislature so that new elections can be held.

Iraq’s top judicial body says it doesn't have the authority to dissolve the country’s parliament

Iraq’s Supreme Judicial council says it has no authority to dissolve the parliament, after the populist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gives the judiciary one week to dismiss the legislature.

Iraqs Supreme Judicial Council said Sunday it does not have the authority to dissolve the countrys parliament, Anadolu Agency reports. On Wednesday, Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on the ...

With Iraq’s polity still in upheaval, the future stability of the country appears shakyIran-aligned forces continue to gum up the works.

Iraq judiciary dismisses Sadrs demand to dissolve parliament

The Supreme Judicial Council responded to an ultimatum by Muqtada al-Sadr amid a paralysing political crisis.