Iraqi legislators elects Mohammed al-Halbousi as speaker in the new parliament’s first session.

The Iraqi president has called on the elected legislators to hold the first session of the parliament on January 9.

The Iraqi Supreme Court rejected earlier appeals against the results of the legislative elections.

Iraqi leaders and resistance groups denounce attacks on people protesting against the results of last month’s parliamentary election in the capital, Baghdad.

Thousands of people demonstrate across Iraq to denounce the results of the parliamentary election recently held in the Arab country.

Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr says delays in the announcement of final results from the parliamentary elections will inflict losses on the Iraqi nation, not political factions.

Initial results have suggested that influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has won Iraq parliamentarian vote.

Iraq’s influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr says he won’t participate in a parliamentary election slated for October.

Influential Shia leaders of Iraq have separately condemned the rocket attack against the US embassy in Baghdad, calling on the Iraqi government to protect diplomatic missions against such “uncontrolled” attacks by “outlaw” groups.

‘Normalizing ties with the Zionist regime will only bring humiliation,’ Sadr said.