Al-Nujaifi: Iraq began to thwart the empire of Iran in the region

Shafaq News/ The Former Iraqi Parliament Speaker , Osama al-Nujaifi said in an exclusive interview with al-Arabiya and al-Hadath TV that parties holding power would not give up easily, but street pressure would force them to heed the protesters' demands.

He also stressed that the Iraqi people reject Iran's hegemony over its territory and interfering in its affairs, especially in the central and southern regions, which Iran was betting on, adding that the Iranian presence in Iraq will end even after a while.

Nujaifi said "We are going to early elections to correct the political process in Iraq," stressing” the need for UN supervision on the upcoming elections,  Iran is interfering in Iraqi affairs and will not allow its presence in Iraq to be weakened." He pointed out that” Tehran will not hand over Iraq easily, and is working to establish an empire in the region "This is beginning to fail in Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen."

He called the former Iraqi parliament speaker to involve the demonstrators in drafting the election law and the Commission to ensure stability, wondering the role of the state if clans took up arms to protect the demonstrators?

It lost control on the administration of the country

Nujaifi felt that Iraq is going to the unknown in the case of the insistence of political forces not to change, pointing out that the demonstrations emerged from the womb of suffering and the outside interference if existed is very simple.

He added that the resigned Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi was involved in the killing, "and there are people running the political process." He added that Abdul Mahdi gave the real power to non-state actors, he was lacking the will and control over the management of the country's affairs.