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Hundreds of supporters of Iraq's influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr are rallying in Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone amid a monthslong political crisis

By Ahmed Tabaqchali, Chief Strategist of AFC Iraq Fund. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Markets Discount and Look through Violent Clashes The market, as measured the Rabee Securities RSISX USD Index, was up 2.1% for the month, and up 1.2% for

Iraq's supreme court says it lacks the constitutional authority to dissolve the country's parliament as demanded by influential Shia cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's top court ruled Wednesday that it does not have the legal right to dissolve parliament, a much anticipated decision that raises the stakes in the country's unprecedented 11-month political crisis.

“This is not a revolution,” Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr proclaimed this week in a televised address to supporters after two days of the worst violence the country has experienced in years.

Iraq Federal Supreme Court: Dissolving parliament 'not within jurisdiction'

Observers say the court’s decision is a rebuke and a message to parliament to clean up its own ‘mess’.

In Iraq, a deadlock becomes a powder keg.

Iraq's federal court ruled today that it cannot dissolve parliament and only parliament can dissolve itself.

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