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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - BAGHDAD — Iraq’s main Shiite political alliance has nominated former leader Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister as the US puts intense pressure on the country to curb Iranian influence.
Iraq’s parliament will on Tuesday vote for a president, a largely ceremonial figure, who will in turn name the prime minister nominated by the Shiite bloc.
It comes after months of negotiations in the wake of November’s legislative elections, when the Co-ordination Framework — a Shiite parliamentary bloc that includes political parties as well as members of militias designated as terror groups by the US — won the largest share of seats.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Iraq on Sunday against a pro-Iranian government as Al-Maliki, who left power in 2014 following heated pressure from the United States, is expected to return to lead the government.
Rubio, in a telephone call with incumbent Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, voiced hope the next government will work to make Iraq "a force for stability, prosperity and security in the Middle East."
"The secretary emphasized that a government controlled by Iran cannot successfully put Iraq's own interests first, keep Iraq out of regional conflicts or advance the mutually beneficial partnership between the United States and Iraq," Rubio said.
An Iraqi political source told AFP news agency that the United States had conveyed that it "holds a negative view of previous governments led by former prime minister Maliki."
In a letter, US representatives said that while the selection of the prime minister is an Iraqi decision, "the United States will make its own sovereign decisions regarding the next government in line with American interests."
The United States wields key leverage over Iraq as the country's oil export revenue is largely held at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, in an arrangement reached after the 2003 US invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
Chief among US demands is that Iraq prevent a resurgence of Shiite armed groups backed by Iran. Sudani, who took office in 2022, has won US confidence through his delicate efforts to curb violence by the groups.
Maliki initially took office in 2006 with support of the United States as he strongly backed US military efforts against Al-Qaeda in Iraq and other Sunni fighters.
But the United States eventually soured on Maliki, believing he pushed an excessively sectarian agenda that helped give rise to the Islamic State extremist movement. — Agencies
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