Iraq: Jaafari, Iran and intervention with Malikinote

Head of the (Shiite) National Alliance former Iraqi PM Ibrahim Al-Jaafari is said to have asked Iranian officials to intervene with Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki and urge him to settle his government crisis as well as his relationship with the Kurds and Shiite parties. The following 470-word report sheds more light on Al-Jaafari’s position and tells what about the reaction of Iranian officials.