Protesters attempt to breach Iraqi parliament for second time
The protesters are ostensibly angry over the nomination of Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani, Iraq’s former minister of Labor and Social Affairs, who is seen to be a candidate for pro-Iran parties.
Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protest against corruption inside the parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on July 27, 2022(photo credit: REUTERS/THAIER AL-SUDANI)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN