A Blog by the Editor of The Middle East Journal

Putting Middle Eastern Events in Cultural and Historical Context

Monday, October 18, 2010

Maliki in Tehran

Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki has been in Tehran, following his recent visit to Syria. There's talk that Iran is pushing for Muqtada al-Sadr to back Maliki against ‘Iyad &lssqu;Allawi, but even so the math still makes a resolution of the Iraqi standoff difficult. Maliki is also planning to go to other regional countries soon.

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