📰 Iraq’s Power Audit: Tehran vs. Washington, Same Old Hustle

Prime Minister Sudani’s coalition took the largest share of seats in Iraq’s 329-member parliament, but Iran-backed militias secured enough leverage to guarantee that forming a government will be a bruising contact sport. No single bloc has a majority, so Baghdad’s political arena is set for months of horsetrading, standoffs, and marathon negotiations.

“No single bloc of parties won enough seats to form the government themselves, meaning a coalition deal will have to be struck,”

reports Sky News.

Sudani pitches himself as Iraq’s independent man, steering between Tehran and Washington, but powerful militia factions have entrenched themselves even further, keeping real decision-making out of any one party’s hands. Voters showed up — turnout was 56% — but all they bought was extra time: now the brokers get to haggle over ministries, budgets, and foreign troops for months to come.

Iraq’s “stability” remains a product line. The only guaranteed winners are those with enough patience — and patronage — to outlast the next round of coalition standoffs.

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