Iraq
Bassem al-Badri, the Coordination Framework's nominee for the post of prime minister. (Photo: Coordination Framework official media)
Esmail Qaani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force. (AP)
The likeness of George Washington is seen on a U.S. one dollar bill, March 13, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP)
R-L: The incumbent PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, and Former PM Nouri al-Maliki. (Photo: AFP)
Nouri al-Maliki, head of the State of Law Coalition. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
Members from the PMF attend the funeral of fighters from Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah, who were killed in a U.S. airstrike in Babil province southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, March 5, 2026. (AP)
President Masoud Barzani, R, Ammar al-Hakim, head of the National Wisdom Movement. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
Kurdistan Region PM Masrour Barzani, R, Ammar al-Hakim, head of the National Wisdom Movement. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
The flags of Iran, L, and Iraq. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) logo. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
Iraq’s Coordination Framework Deadlocked as U.S. Sanctions Reshape Political Calculations
The Martyr’s Monument, Baghdad. (Photo: AFP)
Reber Ahmed, a senior Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) official and member of its Central Committee, April 16, 2026. (Kurdistan24)
The meeting hall of Kirkuk's Provincial Council. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
A file photo of forensic teams and local workers conduct an exhumation at a recently discovered mass grave site in Nineveh province. (Photo: Handed to Kurdistan24)
Shakhawan Abdullah, head of the KDP faction in the Council of Representatives of Iraq. (Kurdistan24)
