Iraq: Moqtada Sadr, Referendum and Premiershipnote

Iraqi radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr is said to have put forward three names for the Premiership as a result of the referendum on new PM. The following 431-word report sheds light on the subject and tells who the three candidates are. It also tells what the position of the Shiite Marja’iya and the Supreme Islamic Council in Iraq (SICI) in the light of the results of the Sadr referendum.