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Under pressure: Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi
DOUBTS are growing over the viability of Iraq’s national elections planned for October after the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) became the latest party to withdraw from the poll yesterday.
The decision was taken after members voted to back the recommendation of the ICP political committee to boycott the election.
The ICP had already suspended electoral activity in May, demanding assurances over the reining-in of armed militia and guarantees that action would be taken over the killing of a number of anti-government protesters.
BRENT CUTLER searches a new history of contemporary Iran for an understanding of the Islamic Republic, finding both interesting detail and glaring omissions
DIANE ABBOTT exposes Keir Starmer's doublespeak on Britain’s involvement in the Iran war but takes heart from the growing organisation of the opposition to it
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
