Newspaper: Tehran handed Maliki a list of Iraqi personalities to join the alliance
2018-06-04 at 09:44 (Baghdad time)
Baghdad Mawazine News
Tehran has handed over the leader of a coalition of state law Nuri al-Maliki a list of Iraqi personalities to join the alliance, which seeks to form after the parliamentary elections.
The newspaper said, quoting informed sources, that "the Iranian ambassador in Baghdad Areej Masjdi, held at dawn on Sunday, a closed meeting at his home with the head of a coalition of state law Nuri al-Maliki."
The sources added that "the ambassador handed Maliki a list ofIraqi personalities, asking him to join the coalition, which seeks to form after the recent legislative elections, and the exclusion of other personalities."
She explained that "the Iranian ambassador asked Maliki not to consult any of the names of Sunni figures on the list and stay away as far as possible in consultations to form a coalition expected."
The sources pointed out that "my mosque transferred the list of names to al-Maliki after receiving them from a special envoy sent by the commander of the Quds Force in the Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani."
The newspaper did not publish any of the names that Iran asked Maliki to include for its alliance
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