Hadi al-Amiri, one of the most powerful pro-Iranian figures in Iraq, has rejected the results of Iraq's elections as "fabricated," according to the Baghdad-based pro-Iranian TV channel al-Aahd.
"We will not accept these fabricated results, whatever the cost," the channel cited him as saying on Tuesday on its Telegram messaging account.
Iran-backed parties with links to militia groups accused of killing some of the nearly 600 people who died in mass protests in 2019 took a blow in the election, winning less seats than in the previous vote, in 2018.
Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's party was the biggest winner in the election held on Sunday, according to initial results.