Baghdad, April 27, 2025 (AFP) - Iraq's judiciary acquits powerful former speaker of forgery

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2025-04-27

Iraq's judiciary has acquitted the influential former parliament speaker, Mohammed al-Halbussi, after dismissing him in 2023 over accusations of forging a document, his office announced Sunday. Halbussi had been the highest-ranking Sunni official since he first became speaker of parliament in 2018 with the support of Iraq's powerful pro-Iran parties, and then in 2022 following early elections. But in November 2023, Iraq's Federal Supreme Court di......

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