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Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani (L) speaks with Guardian Council Chief Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati during a conference in Tehran, Aug. 14, 2008. (photo by REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi)

Iran: Corruption Scandal Makes Headlines Again, Khamenei Holds Rouhani’s Administration Accountable

by Adel al-Salmi | Aug 13, 2016 | World

London- Iran’s Attorney-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri recently exposed details on a judiciary investigation featuring 1,600 top Iranian officials suspected of involvement in rampant corruption scandal. For his part, Iranian Presidential Chief of Staff Mohammad...

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Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri. Asharq Al-Awsat

Mashhadani, Mutlaq most Prominent Candidates to Succeed Jabouri

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 7, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad-At a time when Parliament Speaker Salim Jabouri confirmed on Saturday that Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi will be judicially held accountable whether the latter’s accusations of corruption were proven or not. Obeidi denounced the leaking of confidential...

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Iraq’s President Fouad Massoum (L), Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (R) and Ammar al-Hakim (C), leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), attend a conference dialogue among religious sects in Baghdad January 31, 2015. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily

Iraq’s Defense Minister Accuses Deputies of Corruption

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 2, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad- Iraq’s Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi, accompanied with prominent officers, has entered on Monday the Iraqi parliament to be questioned over corruption allegations brought forward by Iraqi parliamentary Alia Nasif. There, Obeidi dropped a bomb when...

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Militia’s of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) march during a military parade in Baghdad, Iraq on July 10, 2015, Getty Images

Shi’ite Parliamentary Conflicts Spread to Iraqi Streets via Militias

by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 23, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad- Shi’ite on Shi’ite conflict in Iraq has been escalating amidst fierce parliamentary and government clashes. Iraqi sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper they fear the clashes may turn into a military conflict, as scores of militias and Shi’ite conflicting...

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People shout slogans during a demonstration against corruption and poor services in regard to power cuts and water shortages, at Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, Iraq, August 7, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmad Mousa

Thousands of Iraqis Defy Security Forces, Demand Combating Corruption

by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 16, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad-Amid high temperature reaching 47 degrees Celsius, thousands of protestors accompanied by Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gathered in Tahrir Square. Sadr did not deliver the speech himself despite his presence among the protestors. Protestors called on an end...