Iraq Powers Agree to Work Towards Snap Elections Following Unrest

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and Iraqi President Barham Salih and Iraqi speaker of Parliament Mohammed al-Halbousi meet with the leaders of the Iraqi national political parties, in Baghdad, Iraq, September 5, 2022. (Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office/Handout via Reuters)

Iraq's top executive powers and major parties agreed Monday at a meeting boycotted by Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to work towards holding early elections, a week after deadly unrest, the prime minister's office said.

The president, prime minister and parliament speaker met with representatives of political parties to chart an exit from an 11-month-long political paralysis.