Amid tear gas, Iraqi security forces chase anti-government protesters in Baghdad on Sunday. Many of the protesters are unemployed young men, October 2019. (Photo: Hadi Mizban/AP)
Sadrist Movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr reading a statement at his headquarters in al-Hananah, Najaf, May 16, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24 TV screengrab)
A worker at a rice mill in Iraq's central province of Najaf, where water shortages mean a drastic reduction in the amount that can be cultivated (Photo: Qassem al-Kaabi/AFP)
Iraq strikes deal with Iran to secure summer gas imports Iraq depends on imports from neighbouring Iran for a third of its gas needs (Photo: Hussein Faleh AFP/File)