Iraq politics

Sajad Jiyad

Inserted 1 year ago

“This [the violence] was certainly the possible beginning or spark of a Shia-Shia civil war. The violence may have subsided for now, but retributions are to be expected. This violence is indicative of the bitter divisions and deadlock in Iraqi politics. It may be ratcheted down for now, but without a proper solution it will appear again in the future.”

Aljazeera

Iraqi politics researcher at the Century Foundation

31 Aug 2022 2 2

Mahmoud Abdelwahed

Inserted 1 year ago

“These protesters have been sleeping, praying, chanting against the Coordination Framework and chanting against [former prime minister] Nouri al-Maliki, whom they accuse of corruption and mismanagement. They say al-Sudani is a replica of al-Maliki. Despite calls for calm from local and international institutions, these protesters seem to be determined to continue their sit-in until their demands are met.”

Aljazeera

Journalist of Al Jazeera

31 Jul 2022 3 3

Ali al-Baider

Inserted 1 year ago

“The major political blocs have the ability to find a solution to the deadlock, but there is no serious will to do so. The option of dissolving the parliament is not serious, as many parliamentarians might not be able to win the seats they did in the last election. As always, Iraqis are the big losers of the political process and the governments that have come since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. We [Iraqis] are still paying the bill of the current parliamentary failure, and we are entering into an unknown future. It is not logical to solve one problem [deadlock] by creating another problem [dissolving the parliament]. Even if the parliament were dissolved, and a new one elected, what is the guarantee that the next parliament will not have the same problem?”

Aljazeera

Iraqi political analyst

30 May 2022 1 2

Toby Dodge

Inserted 2 years ago

“The Iranians are finding it increasingly difficult to control allies who have their own interests and who won't be told no for an answer.”

Reuters

Iraq watcher and professor of international relations at the London School of Economics

22 Dec 2021 2 3

Randa Slim

Inserted 2 years ago

“Sunday's attack is not just an attack on al-Kadhimi, it is also an attack against the political class. It really amounts to a coup attempt. While there has been no claim of responsibility, there's a lot of circumstantial evidence pointing to the Iran-backed Iraqi militias. Recently, some members of the militias have been indicted for killing some of the protesters two years ago. And al-Kadhimi's late adviser, Hisham al-Hashemi, was assassinated by suspected members of these militias. So they and al-Kadhimi have been engaged in this tug of war and they stand to benefit most from forcing al-Kadhimi out of the picture. But in my opinion, it's a very stupid and shortsighted move, because if anything it's going to make al-Kadhimi a victim and will elevate his political chances of going back to the prime minister's office.”

Aljazeera

Director of the Conflict Resolution and Track Two Dialogues Program at the Middle East Institute

07 Nov 2021 6 3

Sajad Jiyad

Inserted 2 years ago

“Sadr [Muqtada al-Sadr] claims that the next government will be a Sadrist one and the prime minister a staunch Sadrist and it may become a reality, but other partners will be needed to form a government and the risk of taking sole responsibility for government failures may mean that he accepts a coalition that reduces the Sadrist identity of the government.”

Aljazeera

Fellow at Century International and director of the Shia Politics Working Group

23 Oct 2021 3 6

Ali al-Hassani

Inserted 2 years ago

“Sadr's [Muqtada al-Sadr] strategy to maintain followership is his claim to be a reformer. Using this claim, he has supported the Tishreen/October Movement for months until Iran called on him to withdraw this support. His flip-flopping on this particular matter may have cost him some followers, but for the most part, his followership is blindly loyal and truly believes in his image as a reformer. On this basis, I can see Sadr avoiding the premiership to maintain his claim to reform. His party also is strategic in its alliances. In the 2018 election, it allied with the Communist Party of Iraq to maintain this reform title. This is all ironic, considering that he has had Sadrists in previous cabinets holding ministries such as the very deteriorating Ministry of Health while claiming to bring about reform.”

Aljazeera

Postdoctoral researcher at Lancaster University & Project SEPAD

23 Oct 2021 5 5

Elie Abouaoun

Inserted 2 years ago

“I think he [Muqtada al-Sadr] has his own space in which he walks, and his base is not dictated by any country, especially not the Iranians. I think that he is much less sectarian than many, many others because he has a nationalist vision of Iraq.”

Nytimes

Director at the United States Institute of Peace, a U.S. government-funded think tank

16 Oct 2021 4 3

Ali al-Nashmi

Inserted 2 years ago

“Nothing will happen … the same leaders, same list, same schedule, and the same plan and goal, nothing will happen on the ground. All the dreams, all the hopes, all the demands of the Iraqi people are gone with the wind … many people expected that something will change with these elections but maybe [we will see] just some few changes.”

Aljazeera

Professor of International Relations at Mustansiriyah University in Baghdad

12 Oct 2021 1 4

Hadi al-Amiri

Inserted 2 years ago

“The results were fabricated. We will not accept these fabricated results, whatever the cost.”

Aljazeera

One of the most powerful pro-Iranian figures in Iraq

12 Oct 2021 0 3

Ali Anbori

Inserted 2 years ago

“Muqtada [al-Sadr] has been working a great deal to win a lead in the election. They [the Sadrists] have a good election machine, and they use all kinds of means to achieve their goals. Also, Muqtada isn't so far away from Iran himself. Eventually, all groups will sit together and form a government under the umbrella of the Iranian regime. Muqtada has been the main political player in Iraq since 2005. No Iraqi prime minister has taken that position without the tacit consent of al-Sadr.”

Aljazeera

Iraq analyst

11 Oct 2021 4 4

Mazin al-Eshaikir

Inserted 2 years ago

“We will have to honour the results, but we are back to the purple finger fatigue. People have been going to the polls for 18 years, but they can't see any change and people are getting fed up.”

Aljazeera

Independent Iraqi politician and former economic adviser to the government

10 Oct 2021 1 4

Toby Dodge

Inserted 2 years ago

“The election was called early to meet one of the demands of nationwide protests. However, the election campaign was then totally undermined by a carefully deployed campaign of targeted assassinations against the very same protest movement that called for elections. In these circumstances, the new government will have little legitimacy and will certainly have no answers to the chronic problems, both political and economic, that Iraq faces. If the international community attempts to see this election as a success they are ignoring the violence that has dogged the campaign and the refusal of an alienated youth to participate.”

Theguardian

Iraq watcher and professor of international relations at the London School of Economics

10 Oct 2021 4 4

Mahmoud Abdelwahed

Inserted 2 years ago

“The expectations of low turnout are widely based on disillusionment among people, especially the youth. Most of the disillusioned are those who rose up against corruption and mismanagement in 2019 in what is known as the Tishreen [October] revolution.”

Aljazeera

Journalist of Al Jazeera reporting from Baghdad

10 Oct 2021 3 4

Mustafa al-Kadhimi

Inserted 2 years ago

“This is an opportunity for change. Get out there and vote, change your reality, for Iraq and for your future.”

Aljazeera

Prime Minister of Iraq

10 Oct 2021 2 2

Sajad Jiyad

Inserted 2 years ago

“Sadrist can't form its own government without a coalition, and years of experiences have taught them that working with Iran is an unavoidable part.”

Aljazeera

Iraqi politics researcher at the Century Foundation

09 Oct 2021 2 4

Muqtada al-Sadr

Inserted 2 years ago

“We will enter these elections with vigour and determination, in order to save Iraq from occupation and corruption.”

Aljazeera

Iraqi Shia Scholar, politician and militia leader

27 Aug 2021 0 3

Simon Mabon

Inserted 2 years ago

“Iraq's slow path towards elections exacerbates increasingly precarious political, social and economic conditions that have fuelled protests across recent years. Fundamental to this are competing visions of the nature of Iraqi politics and the role of religion – and Iran – in the political sphere. While some groups are pushing for the de-sectarianisation of Iraqi politics – the reimagining or removal of religion and religious actors from political life – others are vehemently opposed to such processes.”

Aljazeera

Professor of international politics at Lancaster University

06 Jul 2021 1 4

Awliyaa al-Dam

Inserted 3 years ago

“The American occupation will not be safe from our strikes in any inch of the homeland, even in Kurdistan, where we promise we will carry out other qualitative operations.”

Aljazeera

Statement of the Awliyaa al-Dam Shia group

15 Feb 2021 2 3

Renad Mansour

Inserted 3 years ago

“The challenge in Iraq is no one man can fix it – but certainly not a man who believes in incremental slow change at a time that you have such a violent context.”

Aljazeera

Researcher at the UK-based Chatham House

30 Sep 2020 0 2

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“The Iranians are finding it increasingly difficult to control allies who have their own interests and who won't be told no for an answer.”

“I think he [Muqtada al-Sadr] has his own space in which he walks, and his base is not dictated by any country, especially not the Iranians. I think that he is much less sectarian than many, many others because he has a nationalist vision of Iraq.”

“The results were fabricated. We will not accept these fabricated results, whatever the cost.”

“We will have to honour the results, but we are back to the purple finger fatigue. People have been going to the polls for 18 years, but they can't see any change and people are getting fed up.”

“The expectations of low turnout are widely based on disillusionment among people, especially the youth. Most of the disillusioned are those who rose up against corruption and mismanagement in 2019 in what is known as the Tishreen [October] revolution.”

“This is an opportunity for change. Get out there and vote, change your reality, for Iraq and for your future.”

“Sadrist can't form its own government without a coalition, and years of experiences have taught them that working with Iran is an unavoidable part.”

“We will enter these elections with vigour and determination, in order to save Iraq from occupation and corruption.”

“The American occupation will not be safe from our strikes in any inch of the homeland, even in Kurdistan, where we promise we will carry out other qualitative operations.”

“The challenge in Iraq is no one man can fix it – but certainly not a man who believes in incremental slow change at a time that you have such a violent context.”

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