After the Results of the Iraqi Elections, Pro-iranian Groups Admitted to Results, Classified Them as ‘Scam’

After the Results of the Iraqi Elections, Pro-iranian Groups Admitted to Results, Classified Them as ‘Scam’
Photo: Ahmed Saad/Reuters. Hadi al-Amiri, one of the leaders of the Fateh alliance, rejected the election results .

Gonçalo Quitério

Middle East & Human Rights Researcher

Global Human Rights Defence

After the released of the early results, pro-Iranian parties and armed groups claimed the elections as “manipulation” and a “scam”.

One oif the most powerful members of a pro-Iranian persons in Iraq declared that the results were  “fabricated” and stated hat their group would not accept the “fabricated results, whatever is the cost. 

In the same line, the Hezbollah Brigades, did not accept the elections result, claiming to be  “the biggest scam and rip-off the Iraqi people have been subjected to in modern history”.

For further reading and sources:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/12/iraqi-pro-iranian-groups-reject-elections-a-scam