Demanding that parliament be dissolved, influential Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr called for fresh elections in Iraq on Wednesday. Highlighting that he has "no interest" in negotiating with his rivals, Sadr said Iraq has been without a government for nearly 10 months.

'Dissolve the parliament': Influential Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr calls for fresh elections in Iraq

Iraq's parliament on Saturday postponed once again a session to elect the country's new president over a lack of quorum. It comes as a setback to an alliance led by cleric Moqtada al-Sadr which won the election.

Iraq presidential vote delayed again over lack of quorum

Iraq's divided parliament postponed a vote of confidence in prime minister-designate Mohammad Allawi's government for a third time Sunday for a lack of quorum, prolonging a political vacuum.

Iraq postpones confidence vote for third time as clock ticks

In a system calibrated to divide parliament after the fall of dictator Saddam Hussein following the American-led invasion of 2003, Moqtada Sadr's Marching Towards Reform alliance is far from assured of governing Iraq for the next four years

Cleric Moqtada Sadr wins Iraq election but forming government far off

The preliminary results were based on a count of more than 91 percent of the votes cast in 16 of Iraq's 18 provinces

Populist cleric Sadr all but wins Iraq election

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'Dissolve the parliament': Influential Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr calls for fresh elections in Iraq

Iraq presidential vote delayed again over lack of quorum

Iraq postpones confidence vote for third time as clock ticks

Cleric Moqtada Sadr wins Iraq election but forming government far off

Populist cleric Sadr all but wins Iraq election