Iraq’s dominant Shia political alliance has nominated strongman former leader Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister in a step towards forming a government as the US puts intense pressure on the country to curb Iranian influence.
Iraq’s parliament will on Tuesday vote for a president, a largely ceremonial figure, who will in turn name the prime minister nominated by the Shia bloc.
It comes after months of negotiations in the wake of November’s legislative elections, when the Co-ordination Framework — a Shia parliamentary bloc that includes political parties as well as members of militias designated as terror groups by the US — won a majority of seats.
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