{"id":250373,"date":"2026-08-15T16:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T16:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/250373\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T16:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T16:27:08","slug":"state-of-law-names-candidates-for-iraqs-vacant-ministries-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/250373\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Law names candidates for Iraq\u2019s vacant ministries – Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Iraq\u2019s State of Law Coalition, led by former premier Nouri al-Maliki, is preparing to submit three candidates for vacant cabinet posts, including senior judge Mohammed Sami and Lt. Gen. Qasim Atta, as political negotiations intensify over completing Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi\u2019s government, a Coordination Framework source told Shafaq News on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Sami, who heads the Internal Security Forces Court of Cassation, is among the figures the coalition considers qualified for the remaining posts, while Atta\u2019s name has again returned to negotiations despite limited prospects of securing approval, according to the source.<\/p>\n

The discussions among senior Shiite political leaders are focusing particularly on the vacant Interior and Defense ministries, two of nine portfolios left unresolved since parliament approved<\/a> most of al-Zaidi\u2019s cabinet in May.<\/p>\n

Al-Zaidi has asked the ruling Shiite Coordination Framework and the State Administration Coalition to put forward qualified candidates<\/a> capable of securing political acceptance \u201cwithout triggering further disputes,\u201d the source said, adding that the cabinet \u201ccould be completed next month.\u201d<\/p>\n

State of Law has been trying to secure the Interior Ministry for months. In July, it reviewed six candidates for the portfolio, including Atta, whose nomination faced domestic and regional objections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-08-15T16:05:41+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad Iraq\u2019s State of Law Coalition, led by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[152,23772,94,34242,69356],"class_list":["post-250373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-breaking","tag-candidates","tag-iraq","tag-state-of-law","tag-state-of-law-names-candidates-for-iraqs-vacant-ministries"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117100468270657679","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}